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AN OPEN INVITATION

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y toes are in the sand. I sit alone, cold Corona nearby and spent lime resting lazily on a round green plastic table, looking out at a very typical Santa Barbara afternoon. Stand-up paddlers glide slowly across my field of vision, not working too hard, faded trunks and straw hats protecting them from the hazy sunshine. Surfers ride small waves with shape to my right. A few runners pass by, talking business. Seagulls wander the beach aimlessly. A group of women exercises on the sand with bungee-cord apparatuses and kettle balls. A few lunchtime holdovers around me play hooky from whatever, picking at half-empty shared plates and drinking water or iced-tea or other beverages of choice. The angular contours of the islands seem close enough to swim to, maybe touch. I sip my beer. I smile. This is my community, the one in which my wife and I have chosen to live and have a small business. The one in which we’ve decided to raise our daughters and make our life. This is our community, yours and mine. And it’s special. I love it here. ...continued p.2

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Mazza’s Missive – The Sentinel is one year old and Matt is nostalgic. (Great.) Happy birthday to us. It’s Crime Time – It’s Crime Time. That’s pretty much it.

Letters to the Editor – People actually read and enjoyed Matt’s mountain biking piece a couple weeks back (imagine that); Mac McGill shows his true colors (again); feigned anger over Matt’s terrible product placement job; the federal government is lame; a former South Carolinian likes the Sentinel (yeah, baby).

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In the Zone – Like we say below, Jeremy Harbin is prolific. Here he takes a look at the impending Funk Zone Arts Festival, which, objectively speaking, will be a blast. We’ll all be there. (So will Jeremy, we bet.)

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The Beer Guy – Taste and learn about beer at Hoffmann Brat Haus (with Zach!) and… Whole Foods? Did we read the latter right, Zach? (We did, and it looks great.) Also make sure and hit Elings this weekend for the Santa Barbara Beer Festival. (If you don’t then the Santa Barbara Rugby Grunions will come looking for you. And you don’t want that. Trust us.)

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Eight Days A Week – Ok, this is getting ridiculous, Jeremy. No more columns from you this week, you’re working way too hard and we definitely don’t pay you enough. In fact, if we were you, we’d ask for a raise. A big one. Wait a second, this is counterproductive. Forget it. Thanks for the editorial calendar thingy here, man, well done. Next week maybe you can just put out the whole damned paper.

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Santa Barbara View – Sharon Byrne asks, “What Do We Want From Our Council Members?” (She answers the question, too.) Ray Estrada covers SBHS Dons Net Café, a recent construction expo and surf/art and related stuff. (Dare we say “prolific” again? We do. Right on, Ray.)

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City Council Candidate Question of the Week – The candidates respond to a query on big boats in the Channel. Do they like them? Do they not? Do you care? (You should. So go read.)

Presidio Sports – Sports Figure and Volunteers of the Month, Athletes of the Week and local football. What else is there in area sports?

Mad Science – Rachelle Oldmixon likes octopuses. Octopi? Octopodes? Whatever, she’s a marine science nerd this week. And we absolutely love her for it. Dust & Cover – A rather prolific Jeremy Harbin sits down with Dishwalla drummer George Pendergast and former manager (now private jet agent) David Young and talks Rockstock 2013, The Rockshop Academy’s impending fundraiser. The story involves a record exec on top of a Hollywood table, children playing music in town and Rebelution and Iration playing at Rancho Dos Pueblos next week. Hmmm. Better read to figure it out.

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Valley Girl – Jana Mackin talks with Ascendant Spirits President and Master Distiller Stephen Gertman, who is building a big business in beautiful booze up in Buellton. Bitchin’. (Lot’s of B’s this issue. Bizarre.)

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Pump It – Jenny’s all fired up for another six weeks of hell… er, ah, we mean her fitness and nutrition program that has all people talking. (EIC Matt is still doing it, we hear, and he’s lost some weight and feels great, we hear. If his lazy ass can do it, then anybody can.) (Editor’s Note: You’re fired. – MSM)

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The Weekly Capitalist – On the one hand, Jeff Harding likes the Funk Zone. (A lot, apparently, and just how it is.) On the other, he seems to have a huge lack of confidence in its future as a consequence of local candidates’ “plans” for the area, per their responses to the Sentinel’s related weekly question a couple issues ago. (You go, Jeff. Right on.)

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Girl About Town – Julie Bifano failed to win or even place in Secrets of Santa Barbara, a local knowledge-scavenger hunt-race thingy that went down on September 28. She did, however, meet lots of people and have a great time doing it. She also wrote about the experience. And that is reflected in this very article that starts on the page listed above.

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Keepin’ It Reel – Jim Luksic watches a lot of movies. He likes some and doesn’t like others. And he writes about them in clever and interesting ways. That’s pretty much it. (Still love your column, Jim, thanks.) You Have Your Hands Full – Mara Peters and her husband have a cruel and unusual way of punishing their lovely children. CPS!

The Santa Barbara Skinny – Wine consumption and DIY fall crafting! Seafood, shopping and al fresco dining! Brilliant! Faces of Santa Barbara – Patricia Clarke is back after a short hiatus (traveling again, weren’t you, Patricia?). And the subject of her interest this week, Bruce Caron, is not just an involved and active local citizen, but helping with PechaKucha Nights as well, which sounds cool to us.

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MAZZA’S MISSIVE by Matt Mazza

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US

ime flies when you’re having fun. It’s truly hard for me to believe that it has been a year since the Sentinel first hit the racks on October 5, 2012. (Well, maybe it’s not all that hard.) We’ve come a long way, for sure, since that first issue, but there’s still much work to be done and we are hungry for more. With that said, as I waxed nostalgic and went back through old issues this past week – what a trip, seriously, we seem to put out a consistently personal look at things and it’s an interesting lens through which to view the past year – I also soon realized that we’ve done much of what we set out to in the first place. That unrequited love I wrote of in my first column has, I think, been requited, reciprocated, if you will, right here in these very pages. I’m proud of that. This feels a bit like cheating but, trust me, it’s not. I thought a fair amount about what to write this week and struggled with whether to even put anything like this out. But ultimately, I decided I liked it. It’s interesting to stop for a moment and look back. So here is my very first editorial from all those months ago. (I took out only a small portion related to particular content in that first issue.) I think we’ve stayed pretty true to what we said we’d do, and I thought those of you who haven’t yet read it might enjoy it. And those of you who have might enjoy the look back as much as I did. AN OPEN INVITATION My toes are in the sand. I sit alone, cold Corona nearby and spent lime resting lazily on a round green plastic table, looking out at a very typical Santa Barbara afternoon. Stand-up paddlers glide slowly across my field of vision, not working too hard, faded trunks and straw hats protecting them from the hazy sunshine. Surfers ride small waves with shape to my right. A few runners pass by, talking business. Seagulls wander the beach aimlessly. A group of women exercises on the sand with bungee-cord apparatuses and kettle balls. A few lunchtime holdovers around me play hooky from whatever, picking at halfempty shared plates and drinking water or iced-tea or other beverages of choice. The angular contours of the islands seem close enough to swim to, maybe touch. I sip my beer. I smile. This is my community, the one in which my wife and I have chosen to live and have a small business. The one in which we’ve decided to raise our daughters and make our life. This is our community, yours and mine. And it’s special. I love it here. But is love alone enough? I mean, look at it this way. I love my wife and my two daughters (and my dog and my chickens…roughly in that order, frankly) but I don’t just say it to them. I show it each and every day by looking out for them, being kind, showing respect, picking my kids up when they fall and laying my jacket on the ground so my wife’s feet don’t get wet as she crosses a puddle. (Not the greatest analogy given the lack of frequent rain in Santa Barbara but you get the idea.) I even feed the dog and chickens and, ah, clean up after them. Now that’s real love; it’s the little acts of kindness and generosity that make the whole thing tangible and real and genuine. So is my oft-professed love for Santa Barbara enough? How do I show that love? By enjoying the weather? The spectacular sunsets? The slow, peaceful, gyrations of the waves as they hit the shore? This is an unrequited love, my friends. Santa Barbara loves me by showering me with its gifts. And what do I do in return? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I must repent for my sins. I must demonstrate my devotion to the town I love so much. And so the Santa Barbara Sentinel was born. We come in peace, not to compete at all costs and toss others under the proverbial bus, but to add to the current conversation, to enrich it. We are not a traditional newspaper nor do we seek to be one. Instead, we plan and fully intend to reflect the ever-changing contours of our community’s shared values and expectations. To follow key issues. To lead the charge into new and locally relevant developments with a strong voice, one that will not be ignored or pushed

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aside for lack of intelligence or perspective or opinion. With all of that said, we don’t jump into the fray alone; we aren’t that silly. Instead, we have forged partnerships with solid local writers and columnists, as well as with respected local online media outlets that are widely read and trusted for integrity and vision. We bring the latter to the print world with added editorial content and flavor, and truly believe that we have enlisted the best Santa Barbara has to offer. … And while we’re at it, we’ll photo by Cory Sanders toss in more than a little about local business and businesses. Truth be told, we are most interested in the people behind the companies that really create the Santa Barbara experience. After all, it is in fact the people that make this city – and its businesses – work. Of course, there will be lots of other stuff too – we’ll always be on the lookout for great original content that fits with our values or speaks to the issues facing all of us here in Santa Barbara. We are proud of what the Sentinel brings to the table, even now in its infancy, and of the uniquely pro-business lens through which we view our fair city. And it’s just that voice that we believe must be heard. It’s that voice that reflects the love we – and I myself – feel for Santa Barbara. So sit back, turn the page, and dive on in. Our fondest wish is that you’ll find room in your reading schedule for us. See you next week, folks, we’re looking forward to it. Indeed we are. Thanks for reading, everybody, please do keep picking us up. We’re only just getting started.

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A variety of crimes are committed every day in Santa Barbara; most of these crimes are petty but they do offer a window into if not the soul of the perpetrator, at least his or her thought process. Our following (and totally unsolicited) thoughts, observations, and comments are put forth for your consideration.

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BPD was forced to deal with a 28-year-old grown man walking around the Mesa screaming at people at 10:30 in the morning one day last week. They approached and talked with him and gave him a warning and appeared to exercise sound discretion and good judgment – as we often advocate in this very column – and then let him go. That should be the end of this story. But, alas, it isn’t. Officers had to respond again a few hours later when the guy was stumbling around a busy Mesa intersection and drinking wine from not one but two Dixie cups, stopping only to stand in the doorway of a coffee shop to scream incomprehensible babble (punctuated, naturally, by the occasional and all too comprehensible “F@%K!”) at workers and patrons alike. He was arrested out in front without incident. That should be the end of this story. But, alas, it isn’t. After he was in the “squad car” being driven to “headquarters” – how CHiPs does that sound? – he freaked out, threatening repeatedly to kill the driving officer and her husband and children. He then asked her if she would open the Plexiglas between them so he could choke her, slipped off his cuffs, stripped off his shirt and began kicking the divider between them with the football shoes he was wearing. (Don’t even ask. Just think Ace Ventura: Pet Detective when Jim Carrey feigns Larry the insane football playing brother at the mental institution: “I’m ready to go in coach, just gimme a chance; I know there’s a lot riding on it but it’s all psychological…”) He finally threatened to bomb the police station before readily admitting that he was making terrorist death threats after being “Mirandized” a few times for good measure. We’re sure the fact that he was visiting from Valley Village in LA County had nothing to do with his predisposition toward anger and anarchy, but he clearly didn’t get what the Santa Barbara vibe is all about. Go home, dude. And leave the Mesa alone.

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Old Man Johnny Bell , 1/28/58 A 75-year-old homeless man was found by SBPD on his hands and knees in the middle of State Street at 8:30pm last week. They helped the poor guy up (no pun intended… either way) and asked him his name and birth date, to which he replied, “Johnny Bell Griffin, 1/28/58.” (Don’t worry, we know that doesn’t match up with the age mentioned above. Our math is fine, please keep reading.) Officers checked and rechecked but couldn’t find any information on old Johnny Bell. Then he showed them some court paperwork that listed another name and birth date that turned out to be right on the money after a quick check of mug shots in the police database. (Big brother is here, man, we’re telling you.) They arrested Johnny Bell for providing false information to a peace officer, sort of like a 19-year-old trying to pass off a fake ID. Here’s the thing. What if the guy really thought his name and birthday were “Johnny Bell Griffin, 1/28/58?” Entirely possible; perhaps probable. Doesn’t seem fair to arrest him, unless it was actually a mercy arrest for the guy’s own good, in which case we are completely behind the fuzz on this one. The punch line is that we’ve got to take better care of our elders. Hey Johnny Bell, we hope you’re all right, man, be careful out there.

Bad Ex-Banker? Officers responded to a local business that had called about a 48-year-old transient who had entered its offices but was so drunk that he was unable to stand without assistance and seemed to be unaware of his environment. SBPD showed up quickly and found the man just as described above. He, in fact, had no idea that he was in a bank. Hey… wait a second. Dick? Dick Fuld? Is that you? (Could have used Alan Schwartz here too, but we liked Dick for perhaps obvious reasons.)

Making Rent… The Hard Way Officers bumped into a 26-year-old local man downtown who was known to be on probation (with search terms, constitutional hawks) for lots of bad stuff. When they asked him if he had anything illegal on him, he replied, “Ah, ah, yeah… ah, some marijuana.” Not a great response but he was likely in a tough spot given the search terms. And he was honest, so that’s good. But it didn’t help much at the end of the day. When the cops searched him, they found some prescription drugs but no prescriptions for them. (That’s bad.) The man begged for mercy as he was being arrested and, in light of the police report, we envision that it went something like this: “Come on, guys, I was trying to sell the weed and pills to make rent at my sober living home… they’d have almost covered a month’s rent.” It’s an interesting excuse, laden with all sorts of irony. And it’s perhaps needless to say – especially given the foreshadowing above – that it wasn’t successful.

Bad Housekeeper A 21-year-old self-employed housekeeper walked into a clothing store just before closing and tried to “return” some blouses and pants that weren’t from that particular store – but strangely had its labels shoddily sewn into their seams. Alert sales associates (is that what retail people are called?) called the cops, who arrived quickly. Officers searched the woman’s backpack after they arrested her and found a bunch of stolen clothes (no surprise there), a crack pipe (surprise!), some methamphetamine (surprise!) and some Hydrocodone pills. (Rush? Rush have you gone drag? Oxy, hydrocodone, whatever, we’re keeping the joke. Factual accuracy be damned.) The moral of the story? Simple: Better check your housekeeper’s (or housekeepers’ for you wealthy folk) backpack(s) before you ask her/him (them) to watch the kiddies. (What? We’re just sayin.’)

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Although you might not believe it, we actually want to hear from you. So if you have something you think we should know about or you see something we've said that you think is cretinous (or perspicacious, to be fair), then let us know. There's no limit on words or subject matter, so go ahead and let it rip to: Santa Barbara Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, 133 East De La Guerra Street, No. 182, Santa Barbara, California 93101. You can also leap into the 21st century and email us at letters@santabarbarasentinel.com.

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ey Matt, I read your mountain bike article (Into the Wild, Vol. 2, Issue 37) and just wanted to offer my condolences for the loss of your old steed. Been riding since 1983, so I understand. Capito, comprende, je sais – very sad. I have to say, though, being mauled on the 680 is a BIG death for a good bike, very memorable. Not only is it clear that you like to ride and camp, but riding over Romero and doing Blue Canyon (which friends and I have cleared of brush and poison oak as much as possible over the last few years to make it more rideable) and then out the backside of Cold Spring with camping gear solo was impressive and such a sweeeet ride. Well done and pass the Island Blonde… sounds pretty good. Lastly, just wanted to throw out an offer: A few buddies and I ride the backcountry every weekend (Mattias Potrero, Nineteen Oaks, Camuesa, Little Pine and once in a great while we tour the entire Buckhorn Road from Cuyama to SB, etc.), either early Saturday or Sunday, say 7:30am start with a (mandatory) beer finish at Paradise Grill or Cold Spring Tavern for tri-tip (yum). All of that depends, of course, on fam-damily obligations (alas, we are no longer 20-year-old hammer heads, more like guys in their 40s and 50s who are beer-whisperers and like to ride too). We always want to include others in the stoke of knobbydom, and today this means you and your ilk – it is clear you are a part of the trail brethren. We also ride during the week occasionally. If

you’d ever like to join in on any of these reindeer games and meet some cool cats who like to ride not race, come on with yo’ bad self and your sweet new Rocky Mountain and join us. I’ve loved your work at the Sentinel since you began, but putting your bike on the cover with a Coleman stove and your bags bungied tightly on the back and SB in the distance… well, hell, that made me want to applaud (cue thundering applause) and sing your praises. May all your favorite gods bless you with good trails and great friends! Yours in perpetual pedal mode, Wells Hughes Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: It was a sad day when I lost the Rocky, Wells, and I appreciate the kind words. But here’s the thing: the NEW Rocky is so incredibly amazing that all of my heartache, all of my grief, literally disappeared the moment I billy-goated my way up Romero Canyon and then flew down the mountain with reckless abandon and a wide (dust-crusted) smile. Bikes have come a long way in the last ten years, and the unfortunate death of my Rocky on a Northern Californian freeway forced me to move on. And now, with a reasonably simple and clean eBay transaction, I have. I’d love to jump in on one of your rides, they sound terrific and I genuinely appreciate the invitation. I’m getting my legs back under me after the time off and have a busy weekend coming up with the Friendship Paddle, but let’s connect and ...continued p.26

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n October 19, establishments across the FZ will open their doors, kitchens, studios and guitar cases for the Funk Zone Arts Festival. Presented by the Funk Zone Neighborhood Association and the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, this event is for everyone from neighborhood regulars to first timers who might be curious after hearing the hype build and reading about it here. The old hats can explore more deeply and hopefully stumble upon a place or artist they hadn’t before been aware of; the uninitiated will undoubtedly be taken with the charm of zonebisecting Yanonali Street and all that happens on and around it. Those arriving in the zone as early as 10am will find something to do, be it checking out art exhibitions at places like Wall Space Gallery and Cabana Home, or checking out Lindsey Ross’s tintype portraits at La Chambre Photographique. At 11am, The Arts Fund Gallery will open up and show off its 30th anniversary show, A Formal Affaire: Art-Making in Black and White. Around the same time, CMND-Z will sell Funk Zone t-shirts from a cart. At noon, various singer-songwriters, Jesse Rhodes among them, will perform at MichaelKate Interiors and Art Gallery. There’s also “live art” at Youth Interactive and more at the Koplin/ Levin Studio. Opening up a little bit later is the GONE Gallery with “Beware of the

Humans” and at 4pm, Tina Schlieske and the Graceland Exiles will play at Red’s. There will be a few opportunities to hear from artists: Victoria Mara Heilweil speaks at Wall Space at 3:30pm, a talk moderated by Ted Mills goes down at The Arts Fund at 5pm and at 6:30, Charles Donolan moderates at MichaelKate. There’s music and art at Green House Studios starting up at 5pm and going until 8. In that same time slot, some DJs will do what DJs do at an artist reception back across the street at MichaelKate. Another show starts up at La Chambre Photographique at 7pm that goes until 10. And Lindsey Michelson will have “Fashion in the Funk Zone Projections” at CMND-Z from 7:30pm until midnight. If you still haven’t had enough, Red’s will keep things going with Morganfield Burnett and Da Blues until 12am. Now that’s a full day. You could go to funkzone. net/funk-zone-arts-festival for details and more information so that you can strategically plan out your day based on what you think might appeal to you the most (or where you think there’ll be the most generous pours of that famous FZ vino). Or… you could be truly funky, you wild thing, and leave it to chance: get a cab to the neighborhood or find your parking spot or better yet, walk there, and just poke around and explore. You can also pick up an event map once you’re in the ‘hood.

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Tastings in Town Meat platter at Hoffman Brat Haus. (I want a brewski just lookin’ at it. Bad.)

he vast selection of beers out there can be intimidating. Whether you’re perusing a restaurant’s menu or shopping the beer aisles of a store, it can be tough to know which brew to select from the many, often unexplored, labels in front of your eyes. This is where tastings come into play. Many breweries or restaurants will offer a tasting flight that allows guests to sample a few of their selections. This gives people a chance to explore the different beers and discover what brews best fit their palate. And right now there are two new tasting opportunities available in Santa Barbara. So, what are you waiting for?

Tuesdays at the Haus The Hoffmann Brat Haus has been exposing Santa Barbara’s beer drinkers to the European beers that have inspired the American craft beer movement. Now, they are actually teaching the community about these beers. On Tuesdays, from 6 – 8pm, they will be offering a beer tasting in their warm, wood-lined upstairs dining room that overlooks the intersection of De la Guerra and State. The tastings will be hosted by yours truly, and each week I will select three different beers that embody a certain topic. Guests will get to taste the beers while I discuss the history, science and background of the different brews (or just answer any of your general beer queries). The three 6 – 8oz pours cost $11.95 and there is an optional food pairing for $10 a plate. The dish will include a sampling of sausages and cheeses that complement the beers’ flavors. This allows people to explore not just different beers, but also some of the many sausages that Hoffmann Brat Haus carries. The Tuesday tastings are in their third week and so far pairings have pitted the sweet, spicy Mango Habanero chicken sausage and Seascape, an aged cheese made from cow and goat milk, with the strong, fruity Weihenstephaner Vitus, or matched the savory, herbal Rabbit, Veal &

Zach Rosen is a Certified Cicerone® and beer educator living in Santa Barbara. He uses his background in chemical engineering and the arts to seek out abstract expressions of beer and discover how beer pairs with life.

week (October 24). On other days of the week you can head in and buy beer by the glass or get a flight of four 4oz tastings for $8. Some of their offerings include Firestone Walker Reserve Robust Porter, which possesses a flickering roasty note that warms its chocolatey flavor, or Moylan’s Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale, which has a woodsy, dark cherry-like sweetness accented by a cocoa note to give it a comforting feeling. Whole Foods has been active about creating awareness of the honey bee crisis and they have placed two bee hives on the building’s roof for the opening of The ...continued p.38

Pork sausage and grassy Cabot Clothbound Cheddar with the cleansing, crisp and floral quality of Konig Pilsener. Like I said, what are you waiting for? (Other than next Tuesday to roll around, I suppose.)

Thursdays at the Hive

Since it opened, Whole Foods has positioned itself as the go-to beer store in town. They offer a cutting edge selection at respectful prices with a helpful staff to guide you through the wall of beer. Shopping hungry can be dangerous, and – trust me – shopping thirsty is even more so. Whole Foods has curtailed this risk with The Buzz Hive, a small tasting bar conveniently located next to the beer and wine section. Open each day from 11am to 8pm, the area is decorated with dark wood and charcoal colored surfaces and features twelve draft offerings, plus a selection of wines. They are still in their soft opening stages but once things get going they hope to be changing the beers every other week. Each Thursday, from 4 – 6pm, a different brewery will be hosting a tasting of its beers. This Thursday (October 17), Surf Brewery will be featured, and Telegraph Brewery will be hosting the tasting the following

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Valley people get weird up there sometimes. For example, did you know that they like to craft elaborate scarecrows and then vote for the best one? It’s so popular that the five communities – Solvang, Santa Ynez, Los Olivos, Los Alamos and Buellton – are all teaming up for their first Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrowfest. Starting today and going through November 11, scarecrows will be on display all over the place. On November 20, the best one from each town will be announced.

Saturday October 12 Pink Drinks

Night Out Inc., as part of its Crown the Town events series, presents “Breast Drink,” an afternoon of day-drinking in the name of charity. Proceeds will benefit the local Breast Cancer Resource Center, and in keeping with the theme, the drinks served at bars all around downtown will be “pinkinspired.” Participants will meet at Arch Rock Fish at 3pm and move at their own speed (we recommend slow if you’ll be consuming all six offerings) to Blue Agave, Chase Restaurant, Eureka, Finch & Fork and finally to the Wildcat, where you’d probably be anyways because you love it so much there. Then, they’ll vote on the best one. Presale tickets are $30 and include the six pink drinks; go to nightout.com/events/ctt-breast to buy them and to get more information.

Sunday

Sure, this event technically began yesterday – consider that this week’s theme. (Going to things on the second day feels right; event organizers get to work out kinks and opening day jitters, there’s less hype and smaller crowds.) So go back in time and head over to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art to view John Divola: As Far As I Could Get. If you can’t do that, the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 5pm, Friday from 11am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 7pm. The show is a career retrospective, displaying works from the influential but not widely known photographer. Find the museum at 1130 State Street; call 805.963.4364 or go to www.sbma.net for more information.

Tuesday October 15

BBQ for Efficiency

Take today to appreciate the sweet spot you’re in right now, weather-wise. The punishing Santa Barbara summer is now behind us, but another cruel 805 winter is coming our way. If you can’t fly south to a climate-controlled vacation home to escape it, then prepare yourself: attend today’s free emPowered Workshop and BBQ. Homeowners can meet at the Goleta Valley Community Center (5679 Hollister Avenue) and pick up tips on how to stay warm while saving on energy costs. A representative from the Santa Barbara County program emPower will discuss incentives for home upgrades and financing. Contractors will be in attendance. It starts at 5:30pm and goes until 7. Call 805.568.3566 for more information and RSVP at goleta.eventbrite.com.

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The Santa Barbara Symphony’s season opening event – complete with a red carpet, lights and photos – with Wagner, Percussion and Space was last night at 8pm at the Granada Theatre (1214 State Street). If you missed it, there’s a matinee today at 3pm. Ted Atkatz is the world-class percussionist featured, and Nir Kabaretti conducts. Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” will also be performed. Get tickets and information about subscriptions by calling 805.898.9386 or visit www. thesymphony.org (way to snag that domain name, you guys, if we failed to congratulate you on that last season).

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Still reeling from that County-provided BBQ? Last night’s meal will certainly linger in your foodie mind for some time, but the Finch & Fork might just be able to top it. That’s the restaurant at the Canary Hotel (31 West Carrillo Street), which is screening Bye Bye Birdie tonight on its rooftop as part of the free Sing Along Under the Stars series. Head up there at 7:30pm and settle in for the movie at 8pm. Wear your best Bye Bye Birdie costume if you want to win a prize. If not, just snuggle up with a Canary blanket and a Finch & Fork craft cocktail.

Thursday October 17

New Noise Fest

The New Noise Music Conference and Festival kicks off today. Tonight, it’s The White Buffalo, The Mutineers and Ghost Tiger at SOhO (1221 State Street); Andrew WK at Velvet Jones (423 State Street); and The Soft White Sixties, Freakin’ on Speakers and The Reignsmen at Muddy Waters (508 East Haley Street). Highlights for the remainder have to be DFA’s Holy Ghost! at the Velvet Jones tomorrow and Haim with Cayucas at the Funk Zone Block Party (Mason and Anacapa) on Saturday. For more information and tickets, go to newnoisesb.org.

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Tonight from 6 to 8pm, the Wall Space Gallery (116 East Yanonali Street) will hold a reception for the photographic artist Victoria Mara Heilweil. She’s one-half of the two-person exhibition there called Nonrepresentational. The show “looks at ideas of abstraction,” and Victoria Mara Heilweil will present her Remnant series, which draws from an unlikely source for artistic inspiration. Nonrepresentational opened October 1 and runs until the end of the month. Tomorrow, the artist will give a talk at the gallery from 2pm to 3:30 as part of the Funk Zone Arts Festival. For more on the festival, see page 8.

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What Do We Want From Our Council Members? by Sharon Byrne

s campaign season limps into its final stretch (and this one’s been rather a snore), I wondered, what should we expect from would-be council members? What would get me across the finish line? There will always be issues. Sometimes issues can serve as a litmus test for where a candidate will stand on similar issues in the future. So it’s always good to look at those, but even better is to ask, what do you expect of a council member, regardless of what issues present themselves? Part of the problem is that running for office is so divorced from the actual job of governing. Campaigns are part beauty contest, personality contest and a whole lot of strategy and marketing. Thus it’s reasonable to expect that the “product” you’ve been sold won’t necessarily perform

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as advertised, any more than wrinkle creams purporting to transform you into the 17-year-old face shown in the ad. The best politicians both know how to win office, and what to do with it. And we are indeed electing politicians. Inspired to serve sounds great, but politics is about power and organization. We can claim to hate politics, but try organizing society any other way. No one’s ever done it. Just as we love the feel-good candidate who might not be able to execute in office, we have a hard time liking the truly effective folks. They make for mediocre candidates. Those are the ones I pay the most attention to, actually. I want to know what they plan to do because I already know they’re going to be effective at doing it. There’s a way to push past the party

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you don’t build a roller coaster in your backyard, that sort of thing. That’s enough to keep them very busy spending tax monies. Thus, beware the “save the world” types who promise to eradicate income gaps, end homelessness and spearhead new social programs for all cities to emulate. They can’t possibly deliver. And if they try, they’ll likely be siphoning off precious city resources for their endeavors. Fix the potholes before you go off saving the world. It’s not glamorous. But that’s the job. Say no to your backers, when you need to. Ouch. They hosted fundraisers for you. They put out walking teams for you. And now they want something that is not good for the city. You’re councilmember of ALL citizens, not just those who supported your campaign. Say no when you need to. Better to risk supporter ire than get turned out of office by an angered majority. Be an adult, and have a thick skin. Doing the right thing isn’t always popular, and doing the popular thing isn’t always right. Everyone’s not always going to agree with you. Work together when you can, where you can, like adults. If your ego needs a lot of stroking, politics isn’t for you. Try Hollywood. You need a thick skin for this job. Respect The Citizens. You’d think that would be automatic, but no. Neighborhoods have risen up in protest when some noxious land use is about to be zoned into their midst. They’re upset often for very sound reasons. Maybe it’s not actually authorized by federal law, like the dispensaries. Or it’s going to bring serious problems to the area with zero mitigation, like a large homeless shelter. Arrogant scorn for such concerns, demeaning them as “NIMBYism,” is hardly the right response. So be respectful. It’s a short list, really. But candidates in possession of these qualities tend to be reasonable, sensible and equipped for the job. Interview them. Attend forums. And find out who meets these tests before you cast your vote.

Business Beat by Ray Estrada

Dons Café Needs Votes

anta Barbara High School’s Dons Net Café needs more votes by an Oct. 13 deadline after making it to the second round of a contest whose grand prize is getting featured on a Super Bowl commercial. The contest is called “Small Business/ Big Game,” and is sponsored by Intuit, the parent company of QuickBooks. Whoever gets the most votes online wins. The Dons Net Café is a student-run enterprise, which has attracted thousands

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of small businesses from all over the country. The enterprise sells Santa Barbara High paraphernalia such as shirts, ties and cups. “I found the contest while I was searching for ways to expand our business,” said Jesus Terrazas, Chief Executive Officer of the Dons Net Café. “What better way is there to promote our custom t-shirt business, Design-N-Cut, than to be on the Super Bowl with the whole country watching?” To vote for the Dons Net Café, visit donsnetcafe.com and hit “vote for us” or go to smallbusinessbiggame.com and cast your ballot. Anyone can vote once a day from the same device.

coming back.” The recent recession put a lid on most building across the nation, but especially in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. That not only put a crimp on builders, but all sorts of roofing, flooring and air conditioning businesses as well. Exhibitors brought a range of products and services to the expo. They included building materials, re-use ideas and insurance services. Several lectures on current building trends were offered to attendees.

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uilding is back.” That’s the assessment of the Santa Barbara Contractors Association Executive Director Karin Perissinotto after some 650 men and women and about 80 exhibitors showed up Oct. 4 at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Hotel & Resort at the first South Coast construction expo since 2008. Another 300 folks were expected to attend a casino night party at the hotel that night. Perissinotto said this type of turnout would not have been possible just two years ago. “Exhibitors are ready to spend again,” she said. “Construction is

young Santa Barbara woman is in the confluence of things that make the South Coast what it is these days. Laura Goe, 19, is an artist, businesswoman, surfer and Santa Barbara City College student. On one of her surfboard art pieces, she painted a truly South Coast scene of the Jesusita Fire, which shows the view toward TV Hill on one side, the fire in the middle and an eastward beach view on the other side. “Local beach scenes are how I grew up,” Goe said. “I’m at a point in my life where I just want to get my business going.”

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Artist, businesswoman, surfer and student Laura Goe works on one of her surfboard paintings. (Photo by Linda Blue)

Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Goe also has created the women’s clothing line GOE SurfWear, which includes bathing suits, shirts and wetsuits. She already sells her shirts online (www.goe-surfwear. com). “Ever since I was little, I drew clothes because I always liked fashion,” she said. “With surfing and being a girl, I have to have a suit that looks good and stays on.” Goe’s art isn’t confined to the floating type. She also has painted a Funk Zone mural as well as many images that can be seen on her Facebook page. She also was involved with the restoration of the Chromatic Gate at East Beach. While being in one of the world’s surf havens led Goe to catch waves, living in a home like hers led her to

the world of entrepreneurship. Her father is a building contractor with several businesses. Her mother is a marketer who runs the Women’s Community Business Network, which plans to have its second annual Santa Barbara Business Expo on April 5. The first expo this year drew some 200 people. Some of Goe’s artwork and clothes will be displayed from 11am to 5pm on Nov. 23 at the sixth annual Holiday Gift Boutique at the Massage Gallery, 1506 Chapala St., Santa Barbara. Other artists, crafters and potential co-sponsors are invited to a meet-up to discuss the three-weekend Holiday Gift Boutique at 5:30pm on Oct. 16 at Granada Books, 1224 State Street.

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CANDIDATE QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Big Boat Brings Shipload of Tourists “I P t’s a gorgeous morning, warm and clear with a hint of salt in the air, and our first thought upon waking is to get down to the waterfront for a hot dark roast black coffee and a Ty’s Muffin (or is it a Chorizo Breakfast Burrito morning?) at On The Alley and a little time in and around the Harbor staring across the channel in wide-eyed wonderment at the Islands. But our first view of the water reveals a giant white blob on an otherwise immaculate sea, blocking our view. We rub our eyes, partially in disbelief, and slowly realize that the big blob is actually a big boat, a cruise ship. Right here in Santa Barbara. Cruisers? Really? There are eleven cruise ships coming to Santa Barbara from September 19 through November 12, 2013 (seven have been here already and four more are coming). And you could bet your bottom dollar that there will be more in 2014. So, is this good or not? Why? How many big boats are too many, if there is such thing? Do they actually help local business and tourism? What about the environment? And what about our damned peaceful fall morning? (Cabrillo was clogged but the Harbor was still mercifully mellow so it all worked out.) 200 hundred words should be plenty here, so please limit your responses accordingly.”

they think they want to go thanks primarily to the Downtown Organization. Anyway, it’s true, big boats bring lots of people who ostensibly spend lots of dollars here in town, and they probably go away talking about how great SB is and consider future stays that last days rather than hours.)

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The Sentinel poses this question in a way that begs a negative answer, but I disagree. Cruise ships have brought some 60,000 visitors to our City, visitors who are estimated to have spent up to $8 million in our local economy. This is a sizable amount any time, but particularly when the economy is recovering from a serious recession. These visitors return home and talk about their visit, which I suspect brings still more people here. And all this without adding one single vehicle to our streets. (Sentinel Says: Gosh, Frank, we didn’t mean to be negative, but there was a big blob blocking our typically brilliant beholding. (And we were, admittedly, a bit bitter. Bizarre.) We agree with you, generally, although we are also aware that some merchants in some parts of town feel left out of the boater-bucks bonanza. That’s not to say that we’re not doing anything about cruiser mobility once they hit our shores; quite to the contrary, there are often (always?) shuttles and buses and all sorts of transportation options to get folks where

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Santa Barbara has a long history of being a charming, quaint coastal city. Our unbroken/unobstructed views of the ocean and Channel Islands make Santa Barbara a special place – unique from other big port cities. Increased visits from cruise ships will jeopardize our City’s unique qualities. Santa Barbara has the capacity to host a limited number of cruise ships each year, provided the ships and their support vessels are strictly monitored and adhere to all local rules and regulations, including those regarding speed limits and waste discharges. I am also concerned about the air pollution the increased number of ships will add to the Santa Barbara Channel. Cruise ships are an alternative source of tourist revenue for Santa Barbara. Our City coffers receive revenue from each visitor who comes ashore. In addition, tourists spend money in our local shops and restaurants, thus supporting many of our locally owned ...continued p.20

MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT A vacancy on the Governing Board of the Montecito Union School District was created on September 6, 2013. The Governing Board will be filling the vacancy by making a provisional appointment until the next election in November 2014. Any person is eligible to be a Governing Board member providing he/she is 18 years of age or older, a resident of the school district, and a registered voter. Interested community members are invited to complete an application and submit a letter to the Superintendent, Tammy Murphy (385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108), indicating their interest and willingness to serve in this significant public capacity. The application and letter must be accompanied by a personal resume. The application can be found on the Montecito Union School District website at www.montecitou.org or applications are available at the Montecito Union School District Office at 385 San Ysidro Road between 8:00am-4:00pm. The final date for submitting applications is 3 p.m. on October 14, 2013. Candidates will be interviewed individually at a public meeting of the Board on October 29th 2013. The person selected will join the Board at their regular meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The person appointed shall hold office until the next regularly scheduled election for district Board Members in November 2014. Questions should be directed to Mrs. Murphy at (805) 969-3249 ext. 261.

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Sports Figure of the Month by Barry Punzal

he name Moropoulos might be a mouthful to pronounce in a lot of places. But in Santa Barbara, the Greek surname is quite easy to say if you put the word “coach” in front it. In this area, the name Moropoulos is synonymous with football coach. Craig Moropoulos learned long ago that coaching was in his blood. His father, the legendary Mike Moropoulos, was an outstanding football coach at Santa Barbara High. So, it was his destiny to follow his father in the profession. Craig is the head football coach at Santa Barbara City College, and his Vaqueros are off to their best start in 38 years (5-0). Presidio Sports is pleased to honor Craig Moropoulos as the Sports Figure of the Month. Sports has always been an important part of Moropoulos’ life, and he sought to make a career in it. But not in football. His goal was to become a professional golfer, teaching and playing the game. “I did that for about two years and realized that wasn’t it,” he said. It was destiny whispering in his ear. He got into coaching football and has been at it for 29 years now, the last seven as the head coach at SBCC. When your father is one of the greatest influences in your life, a career in coaching and educating were definitely in the cards for the younger Moropoulos. “He’s my idol, and when you can say your idol is your father, that’s a very special person,” said Craig. “He was a great leader for me. I learned a lot and I’m still learning a lot from him.” Dad is at La Playa Stadium every Saturday when the Vaqueros are home. “I couldn’t ask for anything more,” said Craig. Among the many things he learned from his father is how a coach has the chance to influence a young person’s life through football. “Using the game of football to affect a young person’s life, it’s something that’s stuck with me for a long time,” he said. He’s also learned from some legendary coaches he’s worked under during his career. Guys like Larry Smith and Dick Tomey at Arizona, Jackie Sherrill at Texas A&M and Houston Nutt at Boise State. “I watched and learned a lot from those people. You combine that with a person like my father… I’m blessed to learn from some great people,” he said. The satisfaction of seeing a young

SBCC football coach Craig Moropoulos joins honorary team captains Bill Pintard, manager of the Santa Barbara Foresters baseball team, and Sam Helfand, a local 8-year-old boy who is battling cancer, before last Saturday’s game against L.A. Southwest at La Playa Stadium. The football coaches at SBCC started the Vaquero Honorary Captain Program in 2011.

person understand a lesson and watching a team develop and become united are what make coaching so special for Moropoulos. “I like the struggles you go through when you try to teach a young person to know what to do,” he explained. “And, it’s the smile on their face when they get it. That’s what gets you. It’s [also] the camaraderie and the family atmosphere and that kind of thing. That’s what drives me in coaching.” He said the family atmosphere this year’s team has formed has been a key to its success. “The number one thing is the character of this team and the character of the players,” he noted. “This team has heart. I’m also blessed with a good staff that is energetic and passionate about teaching. The players see that and respond to that. The commitment level has exceeded expectations.” Moropoulos will wear his emotions on his sleeve. A Presidio Sports photograph showed those emotions after his team beat L.A. Valley on a last-second field goal two weeks ago. “The most beautiful thing for me is when the defense struggled, the offense picked it up; when the offense struggled, the defense picked it up, and here we won a game with a special teams play in the last seconds. The team aspect, family aspect is what’s really important to me,” he said. Before returning to Santa Barbara, Moropoulos had visions of coaching football at the four-year level. “But as I went longer and trying to climb the ladder, I saw the insecurity

Jeff King, Kira Fay and Greg Tebbe stand on the newly renovated floor in JR Richards Gymnasium at Santa Barbara High School. (Courtesy Photo)

and unsettledness at that level,” he said. “It’s a great level and I had a lot of good experiences and learned from a lot of good people. But Santa Barbara is a great place and I had an opportunity to come back and coach at Santa Barbara High, my alma mater, and that was a great experience. And then come here, where I played and went to school.” Coming home also meant being in a familiar and comforting place to raise his three children, son Trevor (17) and daughters Peyton (15) and Elyse (11). “My kids are fantastic, and I’m very, very lucky,” he said. “My son is pitching for Santa Barbara High, the middle daughter is playing JV volleyball there and the youngest is playing soccer and volleyball. I’m excited they’re involved in athletics, but the most important thing is they’re great citizens. All three, they’re great, great people, and I love that.” Developing a family-like support system and showing good character are qualities Moropoulos instills in his players, which can be challenging to maintain because of the revolving-door nature of the two-year community college. “We’re going go hit bumps in the road. That’s when you lean on your buddy,” he said. “When one side struggles, the other side has to pick it up.” He’s proud how this year’s team has bonded. “We have a lineman from Monroe County, Georgia. He doesn’t have family here, but he does now. He has his Vaquero family.” And Moropoulos is at the head of it.

Volunteers of the Month

R Richards Gymnasium, a hub of athletic activity at Santa Barbara High School since 1950, has discovered its fountain of youth. The newly renovated venue will officially unveil its fresh look this Friday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony that commemorates the first major upgrades to the high school’s gym since it was built more than 60 years ago. At the center of the project are three parent volunteers, Gregg Tebbe, Kira Fay and Jeff King, from the Foundation for Santa Barbara High, who spearheaded the effort, dedicating countless hours for more than two years to see it through. These three “can-do” community members are recipients of our Sports Volunteers of the Month awards. Until this year, JR Richards had more or less remained the same since it was built in 1950. The wood floor that legendary athletes like Jamaal Wilkes, Holly Ford and Karch Kiraly played on had been sanded and re-polished so many times that nail heads began to stick out. Tiles had fallen from the ceiling without being replaced, most of the windows would not open and the scoreboard had become unreliable at best. Now, after two years of work, everything has been replaced and improved. “It’s very impressive, the construction team did an amazing job. I think it looks beautiful,” said Tebbe, an alum from the Class of 1981, a Dons parent and the coach of the tennis teams. (This monthly award is made possible by Pacific Western Bank.)

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JR Richards Gym is used by thousands of students every year. The boys and girls basketball teams, the boys and girls volleyball teams, and the national champion cheer team need the practice space regularly. It is also used for Physical Education classes, school-wide events, and regional tournaments. “My favorite experience no doubt was walking in the gym the day after the renovation was complete,” King said. “Its transformation has exceeded everyone’s expectations.” Tebbe, Fay and King all saw the project as vital to keeping Santa Barbara High the school they want it to be. The trio raised $300,000 privately and worked with the school district to secure an additional $900,000. “I think it’s just a wonderful school,” said Tebbe. “It’s a melting pot there. You get a great social education as well as a classroom education, and I think it’s a beautiful campus.” The father of three went to Harvard and credits Santa Barbara High for getting him there. His passion is strong for keeping Santa Barbara High as good of a school as it can be. “I’m a big believer in the public education system,” he said. Among the private donations was $20,000 from the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation. The connection with Wilkes and Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table co-founder Bill Bertka helped get that ball rolling. “That helped get this thing going,” Tebbe said. “People knowing that the Lakers were giving to this project just helped get people to believe that you were going to be successful.” Other important donations came from scoreboard sponsors Montecito Bank & Trust and the Stoll Law Firm. “I am so impressed with how many groups backed this project and raised the necessary funds,” Fay said. “The SBHS parents, SB Business community, SBHS Foundation, Gym Renovation Committee, SB School District, SBHS alumni, contractors and more worked together to make the renovation happen.” Fay is a parent of two Dons basketball players and King coaches the junior varsity boys basketball team. They said the new gym will benefit students for years to come. Said King: “I helped with the gym reno for a lot of the same reasons Greg, Kira and everyone involved helped out; eight hundred kids use the gym every day, it was broken, and someone needed to fix it.” Santa Barbara High principal John Becchio said the JR Richards Gym Renovation Project was a plus for all students. “This project benefits every child at our school as well as our entire community,” Becchio said when the project first began. “It’s not just about athletics, it’s about all the kids who pass through here and learn valuable lessons

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about friendship and teamwork, and integrity and commitment.” The Foundation for Santa Barbara High also has designs to upgrade Peabody Stadium, one of the oldest high school stadiums in California. The track is unusable and the grass field is restricted to the football and soccer teams because it gets chewed up so easily. An artificial turf playing surface and a track that meets CIF standards would require the restructuring of the stadium, making it a much larger project than the gym. “It’s going to a pretty ambitious one, but it’s needed,” Tebbe said. The Sports Figure of the Month and Sports Volunteer of the Month award series are meant to recognize important stories in the Santa Barbara sports community. Thanks to American Riviera Bank and Pacific Western Bank for making these awards possible.

Athletes of the Week

cKenna Goss and Ramon Harper put their stamps on big victories for their respective teams last week. Their performances earned them Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors. Charlotte Monke (Cate cross country). The male honorable mention choices are Josh Martin (SBCC football), Russell Enholm (Santa Barbara High football), Joel Montes (Carpinteria football), Max Vasquez (Cate football), Jake Griffin (Dos Pueblos water polo) and John Samson (Bishop Diego football).

Exciting Times for Local Football Dos Pueblos volleyball star McKenna Goss.

Santa Barbara High School’s Ramon Harper, Round Table Athlete of the Week.

Goss served up eight aces and hammered 11 kills to lead Dos Pueblos to a Channel League girls volleyball sweep over previously unbeaten San Marcos. Santa Barbara High’s Harper tore through Pacifica’s defense for 221 yards rushing on just 10 carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 68, 62 and 81 yards, leading the Dons to a 41-28 Homecoming win. Those female athletes named honorable mention are Ali Spindt (UCSB volleyball), Megan Caird (Dos Pueblos golf) and

oug Caines had the perfect comment to start a week of rivalry football games in Santa Barbara. “There’s just kick-ass football going on in this town right now,” Caines told the crowd at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Café. Caines went down the list of all the football-playing schools in the area – Santa Barbara High, Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, Bishop Diego, Carpinteria, SBCC, Cate and Laguna Blanca – and noted that everybody is giving it their all. “I think there’s this misnomer that [North County] and Ventura County are the football areas, and I just want to say I’m so excited to be a part of this new era of Santa Barbara football,” he said. His Dons (3-3) open Channel League play Friday at home against Dos Pueblos (2-4) in a rematch of last year’s league championship game. Santa Barbara won last year’s finale to earn a share of the title. Dos Pueblos football coach Nate Mendoza made note of Santa Barbara’s explosive offense. “Santa Barbara showed us some amazing offense Friday night. We are preparing for it,” he said. Mendoza called league play the “second

part of the season that they’re looking forward to. Everybody is 0-0 at this point,” he said. The other rivalry game this weekend is Saturday’s Tri-Valley League opener between unbeaten Bishop Diego (5-0) and Carpinteria (6-0) at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium. “It’s rare to start a league with teams that are undefeated, playing with confidence, ranked in the top four in the division and play games that have immediate playoff implications,” said Bishop Diego coach Tom Crawford. The top four teams in the CIF Northwest Division are from the TVL. Bishop is No. 1, Nordhoff (5-0), the defending champion, is second, Oak Park (5-1) is third and Carpinteria (6-0) is ranked fourth. “It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Crawford said of the game against Carpinteria. “We have a lot of respect for Ben [Hallock], his staff and the guys at Carp. We’re looking forward to a great game.” Hallock echoed the respect for Crawford and his staff. “They do a masterful job with their team,” he said. “Bishop Diego is very good. They have a lot of experience, they’re very motivated, they play fast, they play hard and they play very smart. Their offense is very good, but their defense is just nails. It’s going to be a big challenge. “We’re going to be ready,” he added. “We’re going to play hard and try to play fast also. We hope we can play football like we’ve played the last six weeks.” San Marcos (5-1) will be looking to bounce back from its first loss of the season when it plays at home Friday against Ventura (1-5) in a Channel League opener.

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change their color. They can match their surroundings for camouflage; they can change their colors to indicate interest in a mate; they can even adopt confusing patterns to disorient predators. The question that has always remained is: How in the hell do they do that?

How In The Hell They Do That That is precisely what graduate student of Molecular Biology Daniel DeMartini (the lead author on the paper), Dr. Daniel Krogstad and Dr. Daniel Morse have figured out. It turns out that there are two ways coloration arises in the animal kingdom: Pigmentation and anatomical structure. We humans use pigmentation to arrive at our various colors, as do many – if not most – other animals. But squid and octopuses (octopi?) that are able to change their color use anatomical structures to create the beautiful hues we see. The interdisciplinary team took a closer look at just how those anatomical structures worked, using the market squid as their model. Going into the study, the team knew, from previous research, that a single neurotransmitter was at the heart of every color change. Acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter normally associated with muscle contraction in most animals – including humans – is released into the squid’s bloodstream immediately before its color changes. The neurotransmitter targets cells that regulate the animal’s color, called iridocytes. Acetylcholine then initiates a cascade of events within the cell that results in a phosphorous group (a functional group that changes a protein) attaching itself to proteins called reflectins. Reflectins control how reflective or transparent the market squid is. Under normal circumstances, the market squid is a translucent red color. But the addition of a phosphorous group to the reflectins within the iridocyte cells causes the reflectins to condense, thus making the squid appear more reflective and opaque.

Wild, right? It seems like starting out with all that information leaves little left to be puzzled over when it comes to how squid and octopuses (octopodes?) change their colors. However, condensed reflectins can really only result in one color palette: Iridescent blue-greens. So how can some of these squids and octopuses (oh forget it) vary from red to zebra striped? DeMartini and colleagues found that it is H2O that makes the color change possible, which is, of course, rather fitting for an aquatic animal. In addition to triggering the reflectins to condense, acetylcholine also appears to regulate how much water is within the iridocytes. The funny thing about iridocytes is that they are not shaped like our pigment-carrying cells. Instead, they have deep grooves, creating little pockets of extracellular fluid between equally spaced tendrils of the cell. It looks sort of like plates stacked next to one another vertically. And it is within these tendrils that the reflectins are located. When acetylcholine enters the iridocytes, it also triggers an ion exchange within the cells that cause dehydration. This dehydration causes the distance between any two tendrils of the cell to change. The specific nanometers of space between the tendrils are what will ultimately drive which colors we see reflected off the squid. Wild again, right? When I was reading DeMartini’s results, I had to reread that last bit of information. Squid and octopuses have evolved to use the properties of refraction to change their coloration. My mind was blown. Evolution is amazing. The ocean is amazing. And octopuses and squid just keep getting cooler every time I read something new about them. But, really, think about it. There doesn’t seem to be a host of proteins that get turned on and off to change the coloration of a squid or octopus. Just one group of proteins, reflectins and water. Not only can squid and octopuses use this method to change their whole body, but differences in the hydration of iridocytes across an animal’s body results in complex stripes! That is so complex and intricate, yet they pull it off as easily as we can walk! WILD AGAIN, RIGHT!? What’s that? You don’t share my squid and octopi (there) fascination? Whatever. I’m going to go and let squid blow me away some more.

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...continued from p.14 unique businesses and contributing to our city’s sales tax revenue and in turn our general fund resources. Albeit, I am leery of opening our harbor to ever more cruise ships. While we are highly dependent on revenue gained through tourism, we must prioritize the needs and desires of our residents and natural environment. (Sentinel Says: So wait, Megan, more ships or less ships? Negative environmental impact in our channel or more dollars for our City’s coffers? Tough questions, for sure, and your answer raises the very environmental impacts we were thinking of when we wrote the question over a hot coffee and Ty’s Muffin in the Harbor. How many is too many even with strict monitoring? Aren’t there other ways to raise funds for public use?)

Matthew Kramer

24 cruise ships are planned to disembark thousands of passengers in 2013. They estimate that each couple spends about $200.00 shopping at our business and restaurants. So the bottom dollar is almost ten million reasons that we want prosperity from a new and growing trend in recreation for baby-

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boomers (the largest portion of our nation’s population). How do we manage tens of thousands of tourists during Fiesta? We manage, we thrive and we show the hospitality our city is famous for worldwide. We are also hosting 4,000 sailors from the USS Ronald Regan Aircraft Carrier, and we will do so with pride and the environmental stewardship we owe our planet. In the landmark Appellate Court decision of 2005 – USN Captain Kevin Kramer (my father) and his sailing vessel the Hotel California versus the State of California – the five judges in the mural room of the Santa Barbara Courthouse decreed that the City has the right to fine commercial vessels on the open seas within state waters for putting anything in the ocean. This allows us to authorize our harbor patrol to regulate these ships for pollution. We can mandate that they use a pump out and garbage barge when anchored off our beaches, which can recycle human waste and trash through El Estero or our recycling center. Those companies or ships which refuse to comply will not

be welcomed back and the Sea Landing or Stearns Wharf will not be available to them in the future. We already have Cruisers in Santa Barbara and for years our harbor patrol officers have conducted onboard inspections of toilets to make sure they comply with our city’s laws. As your City Council representative I will strengthen and retain Santa Barbara’s environmental leadership for vessels and crew of any size – be they a Catalina 22, or a cruise ship of 950 feet. (Sentinel Says: Thanks for the response, Matthew.)

Jason Nelson

This week’s question might lead to a rather vague answer, but here is the reality – there are in fact some benefits to having cruise ships: tourism dollars, international exposure and a much needed boost for our waterfront establishments. However, there is also a downside to each of these apparent benefits. For one, how much is the real financial windfall from these cruise ships (in real revenue and tax revenue?) versus the

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negative impact on local residential and tourist views? And with the possible subsequent negative impressions from our cruise ship visitors, regarding a less than clean lower State Street and confrontational vagrants, is it worth advertising our community until its image as a paradise is restored? Finally, what are the as-to-yet-be-ascertained ecological impacts on our local environment? I am all for the development and encouragement of our tourism industry, yet I do believe the questions raised above should be answered before we extend any further invitations to more cruise ships – and most importantly, ask for the input of our local residents as a whole. City Council doesn’t just set policy through personal goals, they set them through public input and unbiased information. (Sentinel Says: Honestly, Jason, we’ve basically dug your answers to date but don’t know if we like this one or not. We think you’re right on the money out of the gates with the whole upside/downside approach, and the confrontationalvagrants-impacting-visitor-experience thing is a reasonable perspective (so is the whole ecological impact thing), but the views-versus-dollars thing needs a bit more substance. We know, we know, you want to stick to the word limit to play fairly, but still. And while, yes, City Council does often set policy based on public opinion, Councilmembers also need to be prepared to act in ways that are against popular thinking (thereby potentially sacrificing political points), but favor the City’s present and future well-being. That’s what you guys are elected for after all, sound judgment and thoughtful discretion on tough issues. We know you know that… we’re just saying.)

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Sentinel Readers: Chumash “Syukhtun” our “forked-village” there comes many invading cruise-ships! Marina Management (City Pgm. 8141) & Administrative Support & Relations (8111) what coordination and plan for the 4 ships in 2011, 22 ships each in 2012 & 2013, and FY2014 expectation of 40-60k tourist has been done for us? Should SB suffer in losing a Federal Protected Channel? Our Channel Islands, SB Village, and, especially, our sea-fish ecosystems need protection on the sea-traffic of the whale-vessel-oftourism cruise ships. For me, eating a chorizo, huevo, frijole burrito de Los Amigos Café and only dreaming of shipcruzing. VOTE. El Sentin Lectoristas (Y no como “yo” digo de “Los de Sentinel”, cambio hecho con respeto!): Chumash “Syukhtun” nuestra “pueblo de costa de tenedor” llegan muchos invasionando barcosexcursionistas! Departamento de La Marina (8141) y Departamento Administrativo y Relaciones (8111)

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que coordinacion y plan para los 4 barcos en 2011, 22 barcos casa ano de 2012 y 2013, y FY2014 expectativa de 40-60 Mil Excursionistas han hecho por nosotros? Debiera SB sufrir en perdiendo las Protecciones Federales del Canal? Nuestra Islas de Canal, Pueblo de SB, y, especialmente, nuestro eco-sistema de mar-peces necesitan protecciones contra el traffico de mar de las ballenas-de-barcos-touristas excursionistas. VOTEN. (Sentinel Says: We’re just not sure what to say here, Cruzito. Uh… thanks?) (El Sentin Dice: No estamos seguros de lo que queremos dicer aqui, Cruzito. Uh… gracias?)

Lesley Wiscomb

Cruise ships are a great source of revenue for our local businesses and City coffers, but we should continue to control the number and timing of their visits. Of the eleven off-peak visits this fall, nine are during the week and are thus less impactful than the two weekend visits when our waterfront is more crowded. Passengers spend eight or nine hours ashore and our primary goal should be for them to leave with such a great impression of Santa Barbara that they’ll return for longer stays. Our Waterfront Department, an enterprise fund that receives no General Fund support, earns about $300,000

each year in landing fees from the ships. These funds help pay for harbor and waterfront services enjoyed by most of our residents. As well, approximately $200 per couple is spent ashore at local stores, restaurants and touring our City’s sites. Our Waterfront Department’s more stringent environmental regulations require cruise ships’ treated waste to be dumped while underway and at least 12 miles (versus 3 miles) from our shoreline. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper monitors the ships to ensure these regulations are followed. Also, cruise ship passengers are generally not using cars that cause increased traffic and pollution. (Sentinel Says: Thanks, Lesley, we learned something and you’ve clearly done your homework.)

Mike Jordan

Your most important observation concerned the dates – an obvious regional downtime for both tourism and its resultant economic benefits. The City, Visit Santa Barbara, Downtown Organization and the Chamber have all made a concerted and successful effort to attract ships during our off season. While adding to the economic stream for the City and local/regional businesses, these visits are also mini-travel conferences showcasing our destination to people

from around the world that normally would not have had an opportunity or maybe even an inclination to visit. I’m sure there is such a thing as too many; not sure what that number is. I think that when is probably more of an impact, good or bad, than how many. And yes, cruise ships do help local businesses and tourism. And the environmental community is right on top of watch dogging the ships’ practices. There will be kinks to work out, like a ship visit at the same time an event or a race is happening on Cabrillo or at the Harbor. It’s certainly not just about the City’s revenue, but a work in progress benefiting our economy, and also our community’s positive image and goodwill. Success will involve community input and collaboration, maybe best without phrases such as “giant white blob” and “blocking our view.” (Sentinel Says: Ok, all right, we get it. The question may have been poorly phrased and “blob” may have been the wrong word to describe the majestic ship. But it was early that morning, pre-coffee, and our eyes were blurry, so it’s not wholly inaccurate. Anyway, another terrific answer, Mike, thanks for the thoughtful response. (Anecdotally, once again you and Frank Hotchkiss are right together (remember the Santa Barbara Sunday question?). Hmmm.))

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David Landecker

Cruise ships have been routed to Santa Barbara because of dangers to tourists recently experienced in Mexico. We must recognize that this is probably temporary, and we shouldn’t plan on the extra revenue generated from cruises forever. In the meantime, cruise ships provide an unexpected positive boost to local tourism in what otherwise is our “slow season,” at little cost. Tourists arriving here without vehicles means no new traffic, parking or air quality impacts. A recent State Law requires ships near shore to use low-sulfur fuels, significantly reducing their carbon and NOX output. Landing fees charged to cruise lines more than cover the costs of welcoming and transporting visitors by electric shuttle to shops, restaurants and bars on State Street, the Funk Zone or Coast Village Road. Incremental water usage is minimal as passengers’ “home” is on the ship, which stores or desalinates water for their showers, etc. Sewage is not dumped into the Channel, but stored in the ship’s bilge tanks. Visually, the ships are undeniably an imposition on views of the ocean and the islands from certain vantages. But overall these cruise ships, anchoring one at a time, provide a net gain for our community. (Sentinel Says: It is our understanding, David, that there is no shortage of cruise ships coming to town in the near future, ...continued p.28

Experience

Santa Barbara City Planning Commission (1988-1995) Santa Barbara City Council 1996-2003 California Coastal Commission 2000-2004 Santa Barbara City Council Finance Committee Chair Community Action Commission Board of Directors Mental Health Association Board of Directors Sustainability Project Advisory Committee Citizens Police Academy Graduate Downtown Organization Board of Directors

Accomplishments

Clean Creeks and Beaches – Authored Measure B Clean Creeks Initiative Open Space Preservation – Lead City Council effort to createthe preservation of the Wilcox Property/Douglas Family Preserve as a city park Solutions for Homelessness – Helped establish programs such as Casa Esperanza, Transition House, Low-Income Housing Public Safety – Provided more resources for public safety to address aggressive pan handling, vagrancy and other nuisance crimes Sustainability & Innovation – Increased recycling and promoted energy efﬁciency through Compact Florescent Light Bulb Exchange Program

Priorities

Safe Productive Opportunities for our Youth Improved Public Transportation & Less Trafﬁc Long-Term Fiscal Planning Housing for Working Families Public Safety

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To Our Valued Guest, We would like to start by thanking you for your patronage of our six locally owned restaurants in Santa Barbara and Goleta for these past forty years. It has been a truly rewarding and wonderful business and we are very grateful that you, our guest, have chosen to spend your hard earned money in our restaurants. Our team has worked diligently to try and make your experience special. We provide great tasting food with a variety of choices and at an amazing value, immaculate surroundings (we dare to say the cleanest restrooms in town) and speedy service, all with a big smile and a pleasant “thank you.” We are clearly aware that in these harsh economic times, value is a critical factor in making the decision on where to enjoy a meal. We understand that the price you pay must equal the value you receive at our front counter and in our drive-thrus, and we are constantly seeking ways to enhance your experience. Some of the great values that we already offer are: our incredible $2 Big Mac Monday deal, our $1 Any Size Soft Drink deal, our $3.79 Two Sausage McMuffins with Egg deal, and of course, the various items from our Value Menu. And now, we want to do more! We want the value you receive at McDonald’s of Santa Barbara and Goleta to blow your mind and not your pocket book. We’re proud to announce over forty price reductions that will only enhance your visit and keep more money in your pocket. It is a pretty revolutionary proposition to lower prices in a time of exceedingly higher prices everywhere you shop or dine. Again, our team is grateful and we strive to make McDonald’s your very first choice when hungry for great food, lightning fast and friendly service, in sparkling clean facilities. Enjoy a classic Big Mac and our world famous French Fries or, of course, the locally created Egg McMuffin all at an even greater value. As we round out 2013, we hope these reductions put a smile on your face. Please stop by and visit us again soon! With Gratitude,

David Peterson Owner/Operator

Monte Fraker Partner/Director of Operations

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by Jeremy Harbin photos by Lily Buckley Learning to

write by tracing the artist bios on the backs of album covers, Jeremy Harbin spent his formative years in the Southern state of Georgia, but please don’t hold that against him – since becoming a resident of Santa Barbara, he’s gotten used to the local customs (rolling through stop signs and complaining about fog). He immediately regretted his rock-writing self-education when he realized all that record sleeve scrawling decreased the eBay appeal of his collection. Contact him by emailing inthezone@santabarbarasentinel.com.

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Drum Shop, and evidence of that is everywhere: vintage drum shells hang as art in the front room, where students take breaks on couches, and they line the walls of the practice space that’s out back. There’s gear everywhere, a gold record on one wall, a kitchenette in between two smaller rehearsal rooms and a backyard full of plastic tables and chairs. George and David are sitting in the driveway, just outside the main entrance, as kids and moms filter in and out, and they’re getting to the good part of the story. The A & R guy didn’t climb onto the tabletop without a good reason. When he invited Dishwalla to join him at the Cat & Fiddle in Hollywood, the bar across the street from Club Lingerie, where the band’s gig was, he didn’t realize that two charter busloads of friends and fans from Santa Barbara would come along. So it was out of the necessity to be seen and heard over a capacity crowd that the executive

t’s a story that ends with a record exec on top of a table in a packed Sunset Strip club announcing to the crowd, “I’m going to offer this band a record deal!” and it’s being told by two people who were there when it happened. One, George Pendergast, was and still is the drummer for Santa Barbarabased Dishwalla, the band that was propositioned that night; the other, private jet agent David Young, was the band’s manager at the time. They’re sitting outside The Rockshop Academy, the non-profit on De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara that they created together. The place is buzzing with young musicians playing drums, talking shop and finalizing the set list for Rockstock 2013, the organization’s upcoming fundraiser at Rancho Dos Pueblos in Goleta, slated for Saturday, October 19 from 11am to 11pm. The building once housed Mike’s

George Pendergast (left), the man in charge at the Rockshop and drummer for Dishwalla; and David Young, Rockshop board member and former band manager.

hopped onto the furniture to make his big announcement. The whole place, as George tells it, erupted in celebration.

The Napkin Plan

Before Dishwalla took the businessman up on his offer and released “Counting Blue Cars,” the song that reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1996 and propelled them into altrock ubiquity, George and the rest of the

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band sat down at the old Casa Blanca on State Street with David and sketched out a plan on the back of a napkin. It said they would focus on Santa Barbara first to build their fan base here before doing the same in Los Angeles. The end game of the napkin plan – the dream, the Holy Grail for many bands in the post-Nirvana record industry boom of the ‘90s – was to ink a deal with a major label. “It was an all or nothing thing for us,” David says. “It was: get a record deal and somehow your life is going to be perfect.” It turned out the contract wasn’t a ticket to ride out a comfortable life of rock stardom. George describes the growing sense of disenchantment that came after the papers were signed. “Even after you’ve got your hit on the radio,” he laughs, “you come back and the label’s going, ‘Okay, that’s cool; so now, what’s your next hit?’” Still, the pair say they wouldn’t take it back. “It was the greatest experience that probably made us who we are today,” declares David. “Absolutely,” George concurs. Around the Academy, George is teacher, coordinator and revered rock veteran. He’s toured the country, recorded albums, made music videos. He’s been there, and doles out wisdom and advice where and when he can. But the kids learning how to play ...continued p.34

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he Angel’s Share of Breaker Bourbon Whisky conjures a heady buzz from just the heavenly perfume emanating out of the oak barrels aging liquid joy at Ascendant Spirits craft distillery in Buellton. At what reportedly is the county’s firstpost prohibition distillery, a nosegay fragrance and taste attests to why the Irish called whiskey uisce beatha, or Water of Life. Hence the name Ascendant Spirits. “The name Ascendant Spirits is perfect with so many meanings such as the angel’s share of whiskey, improving our production, ascending to the top and the mountains in the background,” said Ascendant Spirits President and Master Distiller Stephen Gertman, 33, about his family-owned distillery. When the distillery opened in March, they realized a dream that began when Gertman, 18, traveled to Scotland and tasted his first Scotch whisky. Like that first taste and the Ascendant Spirits name: “It all clicked together.” In fact, two years later, Gertman returned to Scotland and visited the historic Oban Distillery and became even more impressed by the process. The scope and size of the endeavor dissuaded him, however, and he pursued another path, following an interest in cars, film and video as a television producer in Los Angeles. By 30, though, he had become disillusioned by how his creativity integrity was manipulated to “meet the whims of TV network executives.” Prior to his last automotive show, he heard about the emergence of the American craft distilling movement. So Gertman returned to his teenage dream, quit TV production and began learning the craft, studying and working under Master Distiller Jordan Via

at Breckenridge Distillery as well as pursuing education at the American Distilling Institute. Fast forward. Gertman eventually became a Master Distiller and realized that with his family in Santa Barbara – and with no craft distiller making spirits between Los Angeles and the Bay Area – together with the wonderful micro climates, vineyards and wine culture, growing seasons and abundance of fresh fruits, grains and herbs… well, Eureka! He had the perfect spot. Hence the reality of Ascendant Spirits.

So What’s In the Still, Anyway? What Gertman is creating is a new California version of spirit-making, wherein his beautiful copper and stainless steel stills and other equipment he had manufactured by the historic Vendome Copper & Brass Works in Kentucky transform an industrial warehouse complex into a work of distilling art he custom designed. And, straight up, his spirits rival his long-standing Kentucky, Tennessee, Scottish and Irish predecessors and brethren as he creates a unique Central Coast spirits niche and taste. “While I may not be able to replicate the distilling traditions of Speyside or Islay or Highland, I know that I am beginning new traditions here on the Central Coast of California,” explained Gertman. He goes on to say that the craft distillery movement is taking off like the craft brewery movement did decades ago. Hence the tastes of Ascendant Spirits. Masculine, smooth and complex, Breaker Bourbon Whisky evokes Hugh

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Hefner sipping this 90-proof with his pipe in a silk smoking jacket. Top shelf and craft at $48.99, this is the first bourbon produced in Southern California since prohibition, according to Gertman. Twice-distilled in a copper still, this spirit is made from corn, rye and malted barley, small-batch aged – just eight barrels per batch – for at least five years. Speaking of silk, the American Star Vodka is 80-proof of the smoothest, 100% American sweet corn this side of Victoria’s Secret. This lovely spirit is copper-distilled five times and finished by a unique filtration process makes it a world-class small-batch American vodka. A vodka demure but seductive, one that speaks fluent American English. One word: Sexy. On that note, sassy cousin American Star Caviar Lime Vodka is characterized by a unique infusion of the rare caviar

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lime essential oils. Local farmers are only among a few in the country that grow this fruit. The smell evokes a tropical rainwashed morning in paradise. Gertman also plans to make a strawberry vodka from fresh local strawberries. Gin and other recipes are also in the works. Last is the Silver Lightning Moonshine, “a smooth (99-proof ) moonshine with floral and maize notes on a mildly sweet finish.” For $27.99, I’m gonna take me a bottle and watch the f ull moon rise at the beach, saluting my family’s Missouri moonshiners even if I’m in Goleta. “Santa Barbara is heaven for distilling,” said Gertman, “and Ascendant Spirits distills the spirit of Santa Barbara.”

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...continued from p.7 make it happen later this month or next. Maybe we can make it a regular thing. (Oh, and the first tri-tip sandwich and Budweiser can at Cold Spring Tavern is on me, but let’s do that when Kenny Sultan and Tom Ball are destroying a blues set so we can fully appreciate all that the place has to offer.) Glad you’re digging the paper, man, keep reading. Thanks again and… …ride hard. – MSM)

More Mountain Biking Madness Dear Matt – Wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the recent MTB/ Blue Canyon adventure piece (Into the Wild, Vol. 2, Issue 37). Being a dad and generally busy dude, I appreciated the surgical strike nature of your backcountry adventure. Your story was an inspiring reminder to those of us with families, various obligations and generally not so much free time of the adventure that awaits just out our back door and only requires a little gumption, a twelve-hour hall-pass and a tasty beverage! As a board member of the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers, I was also pleased to discover that the Editor-in-Chief of the Sentinel is an avid Mountain Biker. I thought what a great opportunity your article provided to inform your paper and its readers about

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our organization and the work we’re doing on behalf of the community to maintain and preserve SB’s trails. Most of our work is done out in the dirt and SBMTV hosts monthly trail work events focused on keeping our trails safe and enjoyable for all users groups. Most recently, on September 28, SBMTV, along with Los Padres Forest Association and Los Padres Forest Service, was out on Little Pine/Santa Cruz trail putting in some much needed work on SB’s most coveted single track. Upcoming events include SB Century Ride Aid Station and West Fork Trail Work on October 19, and Romero Canyon Trail Work on November 10. More info about future events and how to get involved can be found at our website, SBMTV.org, or by emailing info@sbmtv.org. Thanks again and ride well! Mike Tarpev Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: You had me at “surgical strike,” Mike, terrific use of the phrase. (You also had me at “tasty beverage,” which, in my experience is something that the mountain bike crowd universally enjoys post-ride. It’s either a hot black coffee or a cold dark beer for me, depending upon the weather. As is often the case, however, I digress.) I’m really glad that you wrote and included information about SBMTV. I’d love to grab a hot coffee (cold beer?) and

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hear more; the work you guys do is really important and frankly should be understood by all hikers, horse-folks and others using the trails. In fact, put me down on the schedule for November 10 – Romero is my quick and easy go-to trail and I’d love to participate. Send me a note when you’re ready for that hot coffee (cold beer?)… come to think of it, maybe we should go for a ride first to earn it. Thanks again, Mike, hope to see you soon. – MSM)

At Least We Spelled His Name Right Matt, so pretty much everyone who has read your response to my letter to you about my campaign (The Return of Mac McGill, Vol. 2, Issue 38) has not had anything particularly kind to say about you, and when I ask if there’s any point to my reading it they tell me there is not. So I’ll stick to my usual habit of ignoring your paper. It seemed a possibility to engage in a deeper dialogue with you and the Sentinel, but that is apparently not what interests you. You just want something to rail against, and I have no problem with providing you that. Buzz is buzz. I don’t care what you say about me, just spell my name right, which you did and I thank you for it. We’ll just have to wait and see if in the long run your commentary in this paper is better than mine online. Although, I’d be glad to settle for both of us saying something of value to a society that I believe we can agree is in rather deep trouble, and from my end at least, I wish you luck with that. Mac McGill, Money Scrounger Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: A simple “thank you” would have been just fine, Mac. (Maybe you should read my response before you write next time.) What was the saying that George Bush so famously muffed all those years ago? “There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says ‘Fool me once… shame on, shame on you… fool me, fool me, you can’t get fooled again.’” It’s applicable here, I think: I suppose I should’ve known what to expect given your missives in papers past. Oh well, I’m still rooting for you. Good luck and Godspeed, Mac. – MSM)

So, Matt, I got Mad At You This Morning… ...while reading Make It Happen in the most recent Sentinel (Vol. 2, Issue 38). It all started when I got to the part where you explain how you received two brand-new boomBottles as samples from Scosche for what I’m sure was hopeful product endorsement. Now before I go on, I must say (with tongue-in-cheek) that I’m typically accused of thinking too much. For which I’ve always had the clever retort of, “If I think too much, do you really think that I think that I think that I’m thinking too much?” Which of course is a circuitous

way of saying, “Duh! Yeah I know I think too much but HELL NO is there a way that I could ever stop, want to stop or even attempt to stop ever! For the simple reason that thinking is fun and brings on tons of adventure.” But I digress. So as I was reading along with your brainstorm, and I started to puzzle about how the representative for Scosche intended to maximize return for the free boomBottles they supplied, I became totally stupefied. For I was seriously thinking that if the sales team at Scosche really wanted market penetration in Santa Barbara, then perhaps they’d really not need one of the units to end up in, ahem, Connecticut? Yeah, yeah, I know before you go there. These people you met along your journey I’m sure were totally awesome! Your intentions I’m sure were beyond thoughtful! These folks were with you and along for the ride and experienced firsthand the great music, the beating vibe and the delicious libations that went along with the totally thrilling stories and fantastic tunes provided. And I’m sure too that having even the slightest chance that one day it might be probable that you’d crunch algo’s with an ESPN stats guy, well, then of course you’re going to toss a bottle his way. But com’on Matt! I’m kind of thinking the folks of Scosche were intending for you to keep the products local. You know, so we could all rock out. Which of course made me think of the folks at The Ballard Inn or the guy at Cloud Climbers or even the many others along your journey that may have been better suited for what product placement ideas Scosche had in mind. So how do we fix this? Do you get more free samples? Does it even need to be fixed? Maybe, in fact, you killed two birds because the folks at Scosche had yet to reach the East Coast! Maybe this method of winging it and tossing planning out the window is indeed an ironic way which demonstrates that living large comes from just being and doing as we go! Maybe, just maybe, you do have a snowball’s chance in hell of being the next Moneyball guy for ESPN. It’s all game theory my man. So good for you buddy! I knew you intentions were solid and all’s well that ends well. I’m no longer mad at you by the way. Phew. Edmanicus Santa Barbara (Editor’s Note: Terrific letter, Edmanicus, but, wow man, you think too much. Regardless, here’s the point. I have no background in media and have no idea what the Scosche people wanted from me. Maybe they were just being generous. (Even I’m not that stupid.) Maybe some media-saavy super journalist hipster could

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have done better. I just like the damned boomBOTTLE, and I wanted to share it. So I gave one to the couple from Connecticut – maybe that’s a marketing “home run” and Scosche will get some national play that way given the ESPN connection – and, ultimately, gave another to Logan, the Cloud Climbers driver. (It wasn’t in the article because I gave it to him after the fact, but he was stoked on the thing, too.) So there, I did just fine. (At least I think I did, anyway; Scosche folks, any pointers?) By the way, Edmanicus, I see clearly that you are a dedicated reader and really appreciate that. Keep picking us up, keep thinking man. I’m the same way. – MSM)

No Compromise, No Negotiations! Hey Matt, I write this, tongue-incheek, regarding the farce currently on stage in our Nation’s Capitol. The Congress of the United States, by unanimous vote, passed legislation banning the use of ANY Compromise in connection with all fiscal policies and new legislation. Also, at the request of the White House, the following was included: “There will be absolutely NO Negotiations between warring factions of the government.” There was a last minute effort by some of the Moderates to limit use of the word Hostage by elected officials. However, with the

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extreme factions of both parties refusing to compromise and the President threatening a veto, the language was deleted. At the end of the vote a loud chorus of cheers came from both chambers. At the signing, the President, surrounded by smiling congressional leaders, made his signature large enough that the citizens could read it without their glasses. Next to the signature he drew a hand with the middle finger. (You get the picture.) Outside on the Mall, a small gathering of disappointed individuals felt this legislation dashed all hope that the government could function as designed. However, their voices were drowned out by a throng of left and right extremists holding hands and shouting in unison “We Will Not Be Compromised” and carrying placards with “Reason/Logic” circled in red with a red line through it. On one of the three network Sunday News Comedy Hours a member of congress said, “With this Bill, we are displaying to the American People what we in Congress have known for years, the common good of the nation will always take a backseat to our political ideologies.” My take is the current government is in such a state of chaos that calling it dysfunctional is a compliment. John Morrison

Goleta (Editor’s Note: Clever, John, I enjoyed that. (I had flashes of Atlas Shrugged, although you’ve some work to do to reach Ayn Rand’s amazing work. And Rand haters: Even if you don’t like the book or the philosophy for which it stands, you’ve got to admit that it’s an amazing piece of work. Straight up.) I actually spent some time at one of the Storyteller Children’s Center facilities this week and heard firsthand how sequestration (remember that?) and the shutdown is affecting a socially valuable and very important non-profit that is doing terrific work with broad impact. All I could think the whole time was that our “leaders” need to get their shit together, now, for the good of the country. Period. The consequence of their recent collective (mis)behavior is a nearly ubiquitous and deep-seated lack of trust and confidence by the general public. And if you think that the effects of poor governance are bad today, just wait. Now is the time for our elected officials to come together for the common good and stop acting like idiots. Or maybe we’re in such deep doo-doo that there is no way out. Perhaps none of them know what the hell to do since things look so damned bad. Call it “analysis paralysis” or something similar. Whatever, it’s got to stop – there is a massive (in fact dangerous) divide and disconnect between all of us and all of them. And it’s only getting worse.

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I’m depressed. Thanks, John, keep reading. Let’s move on. – MSM)

A Sentinel Fan from South Carolina Hi Matt, I just moved to the area less than two months ago (Carpinteria, by way of Charleston, South Carolina), and the Sentinel has truly made me feel at home. Your writing hits the heart strings with the freedom and wit you bring to the pages. Each Thursday, I snag a copy and covet it as my own little treasure. I laugh out loud and shake my head while saying, “oh man...” to myself. It’s such a treat. So thank you for doing what you’re doing. From your newest Carpinteria fan, Megan Waldrep Carpinteria (Editor’s Note: That’s more like it, Megan, I’m thrilled you’re enjoying the paper and have found some comfort in it. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I’d like to extend a huge warm welcome from all of us here at the Sentinel, we hope you’re enjoying the area… we think it’s the bee’s knees. (Separately, I hear Charleston is gorgeous but haven’t been; let’s just say it’s on “the list.”) Anyway, this is just the way I like to end the damned letters section every week (if possible), so thanks for reading and for the note. Here’s to happy endings. – MSM)

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...continued from p.21 danger in Mexico or not. Otherwise, we’re with you, although we still wonder just how many ships are good and how many are too many. We suppose that is a question that will be answered over time.)

Gregg Hart

Cruise ships visiting Santa Barbara are a great boost to the local economy and have added an estimated $8 million annually in new revenue. The City has appropriate limitations in place to make sure the ships only arrive during the off-peak seasons and only one cruise ship at a time is allowed. The City receives nearly half a million dollars annually in direct fees from the cruise ship operators and has imposed strong environmental regulations that prevent the discharge of sewage in local waters and require the ships to use clean diesel fuel while in our area. Since the passengers don’t have cars there is no traffic impact and downtown merchants report increased sales and lunch business. The hospitality industry is in the process of surveying cruise passengers to learn more about the economic impact of these visitors and whether they plan to return on vacation in the future. Tourism is a vital part of our local economy and the cruise ships are a new source of revenue

with very little negative impact. To me, that’s a win-win for local businesses, City finances and local residents. (Sentinel Says: Thanks, Gregg.)

Bendy White

In moderation, cruise ships are a good thing for Santa Barbara. The 22 that were scheduled to come this year were carefully planned to arrive in the shoulder seasons, mostly on weekdays. It’s a modest boost to Santa Barbara’s economy, and a green way to introduce tens of thousands of people to Santa Barbara. It is critical that the City apply “Adaptive Management” strategies to our cruise ship policy. What’s working, and what’s not? How can it be done better? Our Waterfront staff, Visit Santa Barbara, the Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Organization all play key roles in managing this new influx of people. I, for one, do not mind the ships anchored offshore. I think it’s fine that Land Shark has a full load or there’s a line out the door at the Fishhouse at mid-day, mid-week. The Cruise Ships need to fit in, not overwhelm. It is in all our interest to keep close tabs, fine tune the variables, and maximize their compatibility with our community. (Sentinel Says: Well said, Bendy, as usual. Nice ending this week.)

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like writing this column. It’s been a learning experience for me and I’m loving the feedback and responses and emails I’ve been getting asking about nutrition or how to do some of the movements or classes or fitness or achieving goals or whatever. As EIC Matt might say, “Cool. Very cool indeed.” We are starting a new six-week session right now and I’d like to extend an invitation to all of you reading out there to come try a class at my facility (590 East Gutierrez Street). Just email me that you would like to come in (jenny@ jennyschatzle.com) and we will get it all set up. (Note that you can also get a feel for most of the movements I refer to by simply Googling them, but be careful with respect to form and safety. Good form is perhaps the most important aspect of ensuring that you are getting all you can out of each workout and bad form is perhaps the biggest reason for injury. So it’s better to come in, take a class and ask any questions you have. Love it.) This week, before we get to the nutrition and the working out, I want you to first think about why your health has been or has not been a priority in your life. The benefits of fitness, proper nutrition and general health-consciousness are proven to improve the quality and length of your life. So… why would you NOT want that? Anyway, think about your particular situation and reflect on it. It is this type of mental exercise that will get you in the right frame of mind to make the simple but long-term changes I advocate and facilitate. The bottom line is that I get inquiries every day about my program and often hear the (same tired old) excuses and reasons why people say they can’t make it happen. My response to those folks is always something like, “That’s great, but when do you take that step and own the goal, and make the change that you claim to want so bad?” (See? That’s why I want you to start thinking about your fitness now: Mental change and reflection is a key part of the process if you want to make it last.) So, starting this week, it all changes! I want you to make your fitness and health a priority. I want you to own your goal and achieve it. And I want to help you do that. We’ve done this before and we are doing it again. For the next six weeks you will get a weekly taste of some of the workouts, nutrition and motivation I provide my clients on a daily basis. In short, we are going to stop talking and start doing, and it starts right now. Today is the day. Make your health and well-being a priority! Warm-up: Jumping jacks – 30 seconds Squats – 30 seconds Plank – 30 seconds (Repeat three times) This is what we call the Baseline Workout. Do as many repetitions of each movement below as possible for 1 minute, and record how many you can do in that time. (Make sure to write down any modifications, e.g., knees for push-up, etc.) Take a 30-second rest between movements.

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Workout: Jump lunges (modify if necessary with back lunges) Mountain climbers Bicep curls Squats Pop-Ups Crunches Push-ups (modify on your knees if you must) Alternating side lunges Dips (on a chair or low table, for example) Jumping jacks

When you’ve finished, add together all repetitions so you have one aggregate number. If you’re feeling strong, run through the workout a second time and try to beat your first. Do this as many times as possible during the week and hang onto your best single score. That’s your baseline, and we will revisit it later… trust me. That’s it. If you want to take a class or have any questions about anything (or you want more or need a little motivation), please feel free to contact me directly at 805.698.6080 or jenny@jennyschatzle.com. Hope to see you in class soon. Write Jenny a letter (letters@santabarbarasentinel.com) or contact her directly with any questions at jenny@jennyschatzle.com. And go get ‘em, the Sentinel is rooting for you.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THERE IS RISK OF INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY AND ALL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WHETHER STRENUOUS OR NOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY RELATED CONCERNS AT ALL, THEN PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE ENGAGING IN THE EXERCISE PROGRAM ABOVE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PARTICULAR MOVEMENTS, THEN PLEASE CALL OR WRITE JENNY SCHATZLE DIRECTLY SO SHE CAN ANSWER THEM. REGARDLESS, HOWEVER, AS A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE FOREGOING EXERCISE PROGRAM, YOU ASSUME ALL OF THE RISK OF DOING SO AND VOLUNTARILY RELEASE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST JENNY SCHATZLE BOOTCAMP AND/OR THE SANTA BARBARA SENTINEL.

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Jeff Harding publishes The Daily Capitalist, a blog on economics and finance. He is the president of Montecito Analytics, LLC, and is a real estate investor who lives in Montecito.

Politics and the Death of the Funk Zone I have to admit that I got pretty depressed after reading the Santa Barbara City Council candidates’ responses to the Sentinel’s request for a position statement on the Funk Zone. (See last week’s issue if you missed it.) I almost wish the question hadn’t been asked and that maybe the politicians would forget about the Funk Zone, which in my opinion would be the best thing for its long-term survival. But, alas, that is not to be. As I wrote last August in my column The

zoning and planning guidelines, someone could tear down old buildings and build new buildings. It’s already been done as evidenced by the Zone’s shrinking area. Santa Barbara has the disease of political kumbaya that just smothers everything, especially creativity. You can’t do anything without endless planning sessions. I define political kumbaya as having the following characteristics. (1) You can’t be critical of anything because you might offend some person or group. (2) If we

“Don’t encourage anything or discourage anything. People like the Funk Zone the way it is. Please leave it alone.”

I probably have unfairly mischaracterized the positions of some of the candidates. Sorry. You can write a letter and complain about my lack of political or other correctness. But after reading your statements, most of you don’t seem to get what the Funk Zone is. You think you can plan it better, but by doing so you will kill it. So I have a plea to the winning candidates. Please don’t. Don’t plan for better parking. Don’t plan for nice sidewalks. Don’t send your inspectors in to force code upgrades. Don’t create nice walking malls. Don’t try to freeze it in time. Don’t try to change the area’s aesthetics. Don’t force landlords to pay for your vision of what it should be. Don’t encourage anything or discourage anything. People like it the way it is. Please leave it alone. As I said in my previous column: Folks, the Funk Zone is great as is. But be aware that it won’t last. The pressures of rising land values in Ocean-Commercial zoned property and the City’s nosy dogoodism will roll over the Zone and change will come. If you think it can be stopped, you would be wrong. You think special zoning or landmarking of the area would stop it? No. It’s going to change, in my opinion for the worse. Pleasant, perhaps, but definitely not funky. I just didn’t think it would happen so soon.

The Funk Zone is one of Santa Barbara’s treasures as a refuge for our creative citizens and entrepreneurs. You people down there need to get together because we are going to re-plan the area in our vision, not yours. So we’re going to have lots of planning sessions and you can chime in. Who knows, maybe you people have some good ideas. It’s going to change folks. We hope it’s for the better, but probably not. Enjoy it while it lasts and lots of luck in the future.

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just all get together and talk things over and let everyone be heard, things will be peachy. (3) We’ll achieve consensus on our way forward to a glorious future. Aaack! Planning by committee. I’ve been to a lot of these kinds of planning sessions and all are a kind of political salve that gets the politicians and planners off the hook for doing what they were going to do anyway. But they can then say that the “community” had its say and “we have reached consensus.” Pardon me for my cynicism, but I earned it. My cynicism tells me that, based on what I heard from most of the candidates, what will happen is that the City will un-funk the Funk Zone. Based on the City’s designs on the Funk Zone and the positions of our candidates, doom will come sooner than later. Please read the candidates’ statements in last week’s Sentinel. They are quite enlightening. If you missed that issue, let me summarize the position of most of the candidates:

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Funk Zone as Urban Renewal (Vol. 2, No. 32): “I like the Funk Zone. I mean I really like the Funk Zone. It’s hip, scruffy, avant, counter-culturesque, Cannery Row-ish. A refuge for the young and creative.” And, more importantly, “it’s unplanned, juryrigged, un-aesthetic and even make-shift. That is its charm.” You can’t plan something like the Funk Zone. As I said, … [The Funk Zone] just happened. It happened because it was pretty much neglected by the City. It was also neglected for economic reasons in that it was seen by developers and capitalists (investors) as an undesirable place to put their funds and effort. The area was considered unsightly but kind of out of the way of tourists so it was not seen as a blight to our otherwise beautiful downtown. But then came the young entrepreneurs who were attracted by its low rents and funkiness. It’s like this in many cities, but for the most part cities are keen to un-funk these areas. Right now the Zone is zoned as Ocean-Related Commercial (O-C), which is “primarily ocean dependent and ocean oriented uses, commercial recreational uses, arts and related uses, restaurants and small stores.” But that is what it already was. In other words, the City planners didn’t create it, we did. They just came along and at one of their endless planning sessions for a better tomorrow, designated it as O-C. Now that doesn’t mean that the Zone is frozen in time. Acting within our

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n Saturday, September 28, I embarked on a challenging threehour clue-solving scavenger hunt called the “Secrets of Santa Barbara,” put on by CityRace Urban Adventure Hunts. It was unusually muggy as the hot summer sun continued to beat down into the fall. As a fairly uncompetitive person, I was skeptical about the race. But my teammate was ready and raring to go, and his energetic spirit brought out the adventurous explorer in me. The race began underneath some massive bunya bunya trees at Alameda Park. It was entertaining to see the camaraderie among teammates who even wore matching attire. Team names were also amusing: The Intergalactic Unicorn Illuminati, The Green Monkeys, Girls Gone Wine, and The Zot Squad (zot I learned is the sound an anteater makes).

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We began to speed walk, feeling the excitement of the journey. The competitive vibes set in, and I asked my teammate if we should run. We decided against running the race, and walked quickly down State Street. My favorite part of the hunt was in the La Arcada courtyard. There was a series of questions to answer there, and I learned some fun facts. There is a tactile sculpture of an orchestra where the conductor and symphony have movable joints. There is also the well-known sculpture of a man washing a window with a clue entailing a certain title of a Hitchcock film. In the back pocket of the sculpture was a tiny pocket book entitled, “Rear Window.” With all the live turtles in the fountain at La Arcada, a tricky question was presented: How many man-made statues of turtles are in the La Arcada courtyard? (Spoiler alert: There is only one.) Gallivanting back down State Street, I also discovered the oldest street in Santa Barbara (Presidio Avenue), the last studio of a renowned artist (Edward Borein), an old guard house residence and the number of bells in the courthouse bell tower (six,

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three in a very unique way,” he explained. As the final team made its way back to the park, I observed the joy people were experiencing from the scavenger hunt. New friendships were forming and people were excited to find out their scores. The energetic Zot Squad won the race, and unfortunately my partner and I failed to win or place, but it was truly a day filled with unexpected surprises, twists and turns, and hidden local secrets. For more information, visit www.racela.com. The next Secrets of Santa Barbara scavenger hunt takes place October 26.

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...continued from p.23 The view of 1109 De La Vina from the street.

From left: Dario De Albergaria, David Imperioli and Noah Robinson formed their band 3 Jacks at the Rockshop.

together at the Rockshop won’t likely face the same challenges that bands did 15 or 20 years ago – not exactly. “They don’t really talk about record deals anymore,” George says. “It doesn’t seem to be part of their vocabulary. I hear more people talking about getting placements in TV shows or movies.” David deadpans: “So much healthier.”

The Rockshop Academy

When George was five years old and David was seven, they met at Mike’s Drum Shop. George took lessons from the eponymous Mike, started hanging out, running errands, and he eventually found himself employed there. Years later – after taking a hiatus from Dishwalla – he took over the drum shop and brought in guitar teachers, which led to the addition of a summer camp for kids. With retail sales declining – a disappointing phenomenon George credits to Craigslist, mail order catalogs like Musician’s Friend and the eclipsing mega outlet Guitar Center – it no longer made fiscal sense to keep the store open. “It was doing better than the drum shop was,” George says of the summer program. “It just became inevitable to move in that direction.” So about five years ago, the facility became The Rockshop Academy full-time. George says he wasn’t much of a salesman anyway, and that he’s having more fun running the Academy, teaching kids who have never played together – and sometimes never even played an instrument at all – how to make music. “That’s really rewarding,” he says, “but saying, ‘You’d look really good behind that set of drums…’ I can’t do that song and dance.” George adds that he’s glad to have retail behind him. “If they want to buy it, great. If they don’t, go online.” As his students bounce by carrying guitar cases and drumsticks, he notes: “They can’t do this online.”

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What the young rockers “can’t do online” and won’t find on a smartphone or laptop is the spirit of a thriving Mike’s – and other pre-broadband brickand-mortar meeting places – that the Rockshop reproduces. “The drum shop was like the bar for drummers. You’d go by on Friday before your gigs; you knew everyone else was going to be there,” George remembers. Here at the

Academy, students hang out, exchange ideas and techniques, build a sense that they’re a part of a cohesive music scene – all the things that the crowd at Mike’s used to do that made them better musicians and better people. “And these guys are all doing that because there’s a class going on,” George explains of how he’s recreating that atmosphere, “but there’s not really that place for them to go and just sit in a corner and play guitar and have some other kid go, ‘Hey that was cool, what was that?’” The Rockstock concert, co-headlined by world-touring reggae acts Rebelution and Iration, will benefit the Rockshop’s efforts to expand operations, so that music-minded kids will have a place to go. “What I’ve found working with teenagers for over a decade is put ‘teen’ at the end of an age, and you’re at risk,” says George, “and you are looking for somewhere to feel safe and part of a community.” While George and his board have worked with other organizations in the past to fund scholarship programs to make the Rockshop as inclusive as possible, their long-term goal is to open the doors to kids who haven’t paid class or camp tuition, turning the space into more of a recreation center where students can come after school to socialize and use the music rooms. David supplies some specifics of the vision for the Academy’s future: “We want to have a Pro Tools lab, we want to have a lot of different facilities for kids to carve their little niches and not just necessarily try to be rock stars.”

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After the success of Dishwalla and other Santa Barbara bands, CNN took notice and called David looking for some quotes. “I remember saying to the anchor, ‘this is the anti-scene in Santa Barbara,’” he says. By that, he meant the mood here contrasted with that of Sunset Strip or other ‘90s hotspots; the bands were helpful to each other, got along and didn’t treat music like a competition. “There was just a lot of positive energy that led to a lot of people getting a break,” he says. Because Rockshop enrollments only support the program through the summer, the organization throws its annual Rockstock benefit to keep things running. Rebelution and Iration – both bands that formed in Isla Vista while members attended UCSB – continue

fans and our families all say when they come see us,” George says, “is ‘you guys are all smiling now,’ which is very different for Dishwalla.” They have some new songs in the works, but a new record isn’t a priority, according to George. They’re focusing on finding, as he puts it, “a balance between being a band that goes out and plays songs from the ‘90s, but then also working on new stuff so that we’re satisfied as a group of guys playing music together.” So it seems George is striving for something similar with both Dishwalla and the Rockshop: to create something new while holding onto the best parts of the past.

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in the tradition begun by Dishwalla and their peers. And Wesley Finley, the drummer for Rebelution, can understand what George and David want to accomplish with the expansion of the Rockshop: “Whenever I needed drum supplies, I’d go into Mike’s Drum Shop and George would be working there,” he says, “and I’ve just gone in there so much over the years that I came to know George. I’ve hit him up quite a few times for professional advice. He’s gone as far as you can possibly go, so there’s a lot to learn from him.” While both bands – “two of the biggest reggae bands on tour right now,” as George explains – usually play plugged in, the benefit performance will see them bringing out the acoustic guitars. “Playing acoustic is something we like to do every once in a while,” Wesley says, “I’m sure we’ll change up the structure of the songs and how we play them.” Rebelution has had some practice in this mode; they recently played acoustically at a San Francisco Giants game. Next, Wesley says the band wants to focus on touring, and plans to spend a couple weeks in Brazil soon. As for Dishwalla, they’re playing again, and enjoying themselves. “The most common thing that our friends and our

What: Rockstock 2013 When: Saturday, October 19 from 11am to 11pm Where: Rancho Dos Pueblos, Casa Grande , 220 La Casa Grande Circle,  Goleta, CA 93117 Who: Rockshop student bands (Jamey Geston, Stolen Thunder, Technical Difficulties, 50 Below, Rockshop Academy Players, Bad Jack, White Moon, Official Breakdown, Pernicious Nonsense, Monkey House, Let Flo Go) from 11:30am to 6pm; False Puppet, The Caverns, Alastair Greene, Iration and Rebelution from 6pm until 11pm How: Get tickets at rockstock2013. eventbrite.com Cost: General admission tickets are $40; VIP packages start at $65 Why: To benefit The Rockshop Academy More: Bus tickets from Isla Vista and back are available for $10 at rockstock2013.eventbrite.com. There will be a bar, food trucks and an auction featuring a guitar signed by Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore and a DW drum set signed by co-headliners Rebelution and Iration. For more information, go to rockstock2013.eventbrite.com, www.rockshopacademy.com or call 805.962.1211. The Rockshop Academy is located at 1109 De La Vina Street.

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A longtime writer, editor and film critic, Jim has worked nationwide for several websites and publications – including the Dayton Daily News, Key West Citizen, Topeka Capital-Journal, Las Cruces Sun-News and Santa Ynez Valley Journal. California is his seventh state. When he isn’t watching movies or sports around the Central Coast and Los Angeles, you can find Jim writing and reading while he enjoys coffee and bacon, or Coke and pizza.

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espite grumblings from my neck of the woods to every corner of North America, it has – truth be told – been a reasonably good year at the cinema. And if some trailers for upcoming films are an accurate windsock, we’re in for a few treats before Halloween comes calling. There are stormy seas ahead for a bespectacled Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips, based on a true tale, which sets sail this weekend. Also en route and speeding down the horizon is The Counselor, a crime drama (admittedly this critic’s favorite genre) whose god-awful title could sabotage its box-office haul. Given that Ridley Scott directed – from Cormac McCarthy source material – I wouldn’t mind being first in line, though I’d imagine a cast that includes Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem may cause a stir among the masses. Another vague title that belies a potentially great movie is Nebraska, though it didn’t hurt Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album of the same name. Alexander Payne’s latest dramedy – on the heels of The Descendants – is set in his native state and drags Bruce Dern into the spotlight to claim a purported million-dollar prize. The picture’s simple and stark preview recalls Payne’s magnum opus, About Schmidt, which also took place in Nebraska. Here’s hoping he continues to feel right at home. Currently showing, for better and worse:

Great Gravity

I’ll resist the urge to make publicityblurb puns such as “Gravity has pull!” that are better-suited for certain blowhards on Rotten Tomatoes. Instead, it seems more beneficial to point out the supreme cinematography and glorious visuals, whether eye-popping shots of Mother Earth or the unrivaled sunsets. (“That’s what I’m gonna miss the most.”) Granted, the prospect of two NASA astronauts lost in space due to devastating satellite debris doesn’t sound like the most profound premise for a story. But Alfonso Cuarón, best known for Y Tu Mamá También even though his finest hour is Children of Men, traverses the stratosphere with remarkable diligence and grace. I sat back and marveled at the experience, enjoying the refined ride. The filmmakers at once have created something altogether poignant and engaging. The adrift co-stars are Sandra Bullock, sporting short locks underneath her helmet, and George Clooney as the veteran who never raises his voice amid the direst circumstances. The former figures to earn an Oscar nomination on the same ballot as her director.

Don Jon, One and Only

Joseph Gordon-Levitt wears three hats – those of actor, writer and director – for this romantic-comedy whose “twist” is that its hero is addicted to pornography. Despite being a devout Catholic and meeting the girl of his dreams (Scarlett Johansson), the brash playboy can’t resist the urge to open his laptop and, well, get a grip. If it all appears silly and shallow, not to mention gratuitous, the production is also an ambitious one, handled by Gordon-Levitt with surprising confidence and unexpected ease. There is no lack of running motifs, redundant yet effective – the most memorable of which involves our main man’s weekly trips to the church confessional before reciting his penance while lifting weights. Tony Danza and Glenne Headly yuck it up as the parents, while Julianne Moore goes through the motions as a widowed love interest.

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You Have Your Hands Full by Mara Peters Former editor for the fashion/lifestyle section of the New York

Post, Mara moved to London and worked as a contributing editor for the Daily Mail’s You Magazine, freelancing for Look Magazine, NY Post and the Style Magazine for The Sunday Times. To remain sane during diaper years she writes a mommy blog, You Have Your Hands Full – www.handsfullsb.com.

Born to Run

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ey, I saw your kid running at the beach, didn’t look happy. Did he get in trouble?” friends of ours asked me smiling, even laughing. “Yeah, he was throwing sand at his little brother,” I admitted sheepishly. “That’s a two lap infraction.” We Peters, you see, run a pretty transparent organization. Alpha and I have always had a united stance when it comes to raising our brood. We call it the 2C Rule, or Consistent Consequences. A big (duck) family requires that the ducklings walk in a row (for the most part) or our lives become total mayhem. We recognized early on that rules needed to be put in place; order must be achieved. It came to us in the early child rearing years. The best way to deal with mischievous kids (particularly boys) is to get them moving. So the perfect consequence, which was also remarkably easy to keep consistent, was to make them

easy to tell them (in my best drill sergeant’s voice), “That’s it. Now give me five.” Within seconds our little tots were sounding off as they circled the garden. It didn’t take long before those tiny runners’ footprints wore a pronounced path framing the backyard. Then we moved to a bigger place on Islay Street where the lot was larger and a red brick pathway was already part of the house. Who knew that it was the perfect track for punishment? And then, just as luck would have it (and just as their legs have grown longer and their endurance has increased), we landed at the dream location for the 2C rule. Right across from a half-mile running track.

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The kids love the 2C Rule, can’t you just see it on their faces? (“Quit poking each other’s eyes out and GIMME 2!”)

run laps. It started in our cute little 1910 craftsman on Anacapa Street. If we heard an argument break out, it was just very

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“I hate this house,” Teddy mumbled under his breath the other day, after coming back from running, not one, but two laps for not clearing his plate at the table and arguing with his sister. I ignored him, not wanting to hit him with an extra lap for complaining. Finally, he spoke up, “When can we move?” Running has become our signature move. If there is fighting at a lacrosse game, they must run, holding hands, around the field. If there is a problem with helping out carrying the beach equipment, we pick a colorful umbrella as our marker. Anyone who spends time with us usually calls out to our naughty offenders, “What did you do this time?” (For a tweenager, this can be a horrifyingly embarrassing moment. In fact, come to think of it, Jackson hasn’t

misbehaved in a really long time.) “Mara, your kids all medaled at the joga-thon!” the head coordinator told me last May after our annual school fundraiser. I wanted to tell her that I would have been shocked if they hadn’t at least made the top three, let alone won the whole damn thing. I mean we practice at it; at the Peters house everyday is boot camp. I just nodded, figuring anything else would have sounded obnoxious. “Do you remember when Teddy had to run twenty-five laps a day for two weeks at the old, old house?” the kids often reminisce at dinner. “Charlie, you weren’t there yet, but it was something to see. He was crying the whole time.” Laps are a way to remember those priceless childhood moments. “What did he do again Mom?” “He did number one and two in a magic hat in his bed to make you guys laugh,” I answer every time (it’s easy to remember the most headline-making offenses). “Oh yeah! He should have run so much more,” they all laughed, even Teddy. “You guys are going soft.” The other day Olivia was looking over the after-school enrichment programs to see what she wanted to sign up for. “Maybe I should do the running club, Mom?” she asked me at the kitchen table. I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, “Really?” “Oh, yeah,” she replied looking back at the paper. “I forgot, I’m in a running club already, The Cruel and Unusual Peters’ Punishment Club.” Or C2 – whatever you want to call it.

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go mental when I read about Christmas before Thanksgiving has even happened. “Just enjoy our holidays as they come up!” I think to myself. So I know I am a hypocrite, writing about a Thanksgiving event before Halloween. But this is a good one and may need a lot of laps around the backyard to prepare. Start now, as a family, and train for the Turkey Trot, the incredibly fun four-mile race on Thanksgiving Day. We initially strolled the kids, then we walked it, and now our family is in full swing, aiming high to actually be one of the first 300 people to get a free shirt. It starts at 9am, near the Magnolia Shopping Center, off Hollister. Check it out. www.runsantabarbara.com/thanksgiving.html

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ecause we love our town, our wine and, yes, all of you, we’re thrilled to introduce one cool idea that commemorates them all: Custom wine labels! Yeah, that’s right folks, Kalyra Winery, in addition to bottling delicious wine, is now creating custom wine labels to give your celebration that extra special detail. Now you can pour and drink from a bottle with a label that says something about you or your friend, boss or grandma. Take it further and stamp on one that celebrates a birthday, anniversary or, well, just because! We have no doubt that you will find a reason that’s unique and personal to label a bottle of Kalyra wine. Check it out at www.kalyrawinery.com/Custom-Labels. Here’s to you and everything and everyone else. Cheers!

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Fall DIY Decorating: You Can Do It! By Courtney Dietz ave you felt it? That everso-slight crispness to the air that’s creeping in a little more each morning and evening? It makes us crave cozy socks, apple pie, hot tea and all things pumpkin. It also makes us want to craft! And while there are many creative options for Fall DIY, we wanted to decorate with things we had already, which is why we love this canning ring pumpkin. This is a simple project that delivers loads of charm… so let’s do it!

• HEY BIG SPENDER What: Dine Al Fresco Where: Bacara Resort and Spa, 8301 Hollister Avenue When: Daily, 5:30pm – 10pm Why: Indulge in a romantic fall feast under the stars at Bacara’s newly reinvented Bistro Restaurant. How: Start with a chef’s creation hand-crafted cocktail, follow with the burrata and caramelized onion relish (it’s incredible!), a brick oven fired flatbread pizza, one of the many main mouthwatering dishes and, of course, a delectable dessert! (If you’re lucky, they’ll even share a taste of their homemade lemoncello.) What’ll It Cost Me: Approx. $100 – $150 per couple.

Gather together: – 14 - 18 canning rings of the same size. Varying colors and ages (ahem… rust anyone?) is a-ok! – 9 inches of string (neutral color is best, as this is what you’ll tie the rings together with). – A cinnamon stick (or twigs from your yard) to make a “stem.” – A scrap (or a few scraps) of fabric or burlap to make your “leaf.” We also used a jewelry bag because we liked the sheer green look. Get creative! To make your pumpkin: – Arrange the canning rings so they all face the same direction. – Thread your string through the center of all the rings and tie together tightly. This will pull them into a circle. – Tuck your desired “leaf ” into the center followed by your “stem.” Tack with a touch of hot glue if desired to anchor it in place. – Enjoy! Happy Fall, y’all!

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The Bee Hive looks and feels pretty damn good, it’s definitely worth checking out soon!

by Patricia Clarke Patricia Clarke is an award-winning international photographer based in Santa Barbara. Her work has been featured in London, Italy, Prague and around the United States. In recent years she has been turning her lens to her own fascinating community. In addition to her local portraiture service, www. yourbestshot.us, Patricia’s fine art photography can be seen at www.patriciahough tonclarke.com. She can be reached at (805) 452-7739.

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horseradish aioli and arugula, and then embraced by a jalapeno cheddar roll. For those in a more indulgent mood, they also offer cheese and charcuterie plates, and even a Seafood Mac & Cheese that includes shrimp, crab and lobster in a Bechamel sauce. With such tasty dishes and libations, there is no need to go shopping hungry (or thirsty) again.

Bringing It All Together

Firestone Walker Reserve Robust Porter at The Bee Hive inside Whole Foods. (I want a meat platter just lookin’ at it. Bad.)

Buzz Hive. The bar will also be donating a percentage of net sales to the Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association and its Sweet Start beekeeping internship program. In addition, one of the taps will be dedicated to mead, a fermented honey beverage. Right now they are pouring Redstone Meadery Black Raspberry Mead; the fruit aroma leaps out of the glass but the flavor is gentle, with a thinner body and a soft, creamy texture. The Buzz Hive’s food menu consists of simple, tasty foods that make good use of their extensive selection of cheeses and cured meats. Dishes include lighter fare, like a Caesar Salad made with organic kale, or more substantial dishes, such as the Roast Beef Sandwich that uses in-house roasted beef adorned with

These weekly tastings offer just a glimpse of some of the beers out there. But if you want to sample many different brews all at once, then head over to Elings Park’s classic event, the Santa Barbara Beer Festival, on Saturday, October 19, from 12 – 4pm. Attendees can roam the two dozen or so breweries and sample a variety of their beers. Local favorites like Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. will be there, of course, but be sure to swing by the Pure Order Brewery booth for the first public appearance of Santa Barbara’s newest brewery. Proceeds go to benefit Elings Park (of course) and the Santa Barbara Rugby Association. (Go Grunions!) Tickets are available for $50 per person and can be purchased in advance at www. sbbeerfestival.com. This is always one of Santa Barbara’s best beer events and its local vibe means you are guaranteed to run into those you know. Make sure to raise a glass with your friends while tasting the many brews. And don’t do anything I wouldn’t. See you at Elings!

ruce Caron is a quiet, thoughtful force. Together with his son and his beautiful wife, Tinka, he has lived in a 100-year-old Victorian home set in the Samarkand neighborhood with two elderly cats and dozens of hummingbirds for 30 years. Bruce is a dedicated volunteer – think Summer Solstice and the Light Blue Line Project among many others – and now we are fortunate to have his involvement in PechaKucha Santa Barbara (PKSB). This quarterly event is graciously hosted at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). PechaKucha Nights, founded in Tokyo in 2003 and held in 600 cities internationally, are “informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps… in the PechaKucha 20x20 format… 20 images/20 seconds.” Bruce is a fount of information, ideas and enthusiasm. He is the Founder/Executive Director of The New Media Studio, a nonprofit organization that “uses emerging multimedia technologies to explore all aspects of the human environment: our geophysical, biological, social and cultural surroundings…” If you’re interested in presenting or listening to a passionate idea at the next PechaKucha night on October 30, check out www.pknsb.org. For more information about The New Media Studio, go to www.tnms.org.

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18 West Victoria Street #212 12-5pm $2,500,000 2bd/3ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #104 12-5pm $1,350,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #307 12-5pm $1,250,000 1bd/2ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 729 East Anapamu #B 2-4pm $1,249,000 3bd/2.5ba Lee Walsh 886-0660 Village Properties 18 West Victoria Street #109 12-5pm $855,000 0bd/1ba Alma Del Pueblo Sales Team 845-4393 Village Properties 401 Chapala Street #108 11-4pm $750,000 1bd/1.5ba Michael Calcagno 896-0876 Sotheby’s International Realty 1532 Clearview Road 1-4pm $749,000 2bd/1ba Phyllis Lenker 886-2342 Village Properties 236 Por La Mar Circle 1-3pm $575,000 1bd/1ba John Sirois 455-6277 Village Properties 321 Por La Mar Circle 1-4pm $414,900 0bd/1ba Billy Mandarino 570-4827 Village Properties 2012 Anacapa Street 2-4pm $2,195,000 4bd/3ba Angela Moloney 451-1553 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 504 East Arrellaga Street 1-3pm $1,295,000 3bd/3.5ba Alyson Spann 637-2884 Village Properties 1800 Garden Street 2-5pm $1,248,000 3bd/2ba Cimme Eordanidis 722-8480 Village Properties 400 East Pedregosa Street #I 1-3pm $850,000 2bd/2ba Ed Kaleugher 687-2157 Sotheby’s International Realty 16 East Padre Street #9 1-3pm $625,000 2bd/2ba Ann Zafiratos 448-4317 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 415 Yankee Farm 12-2pm $1,495,000 3bd/2.5ba Adrienne Schuele 452-3960 Village Properties 3021 Hermosa Road 2-4pm $1,425,000 4bd/3.5ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty 2625 Samarkand Drive 2-4pm $1,200,000 4bd/2ba Jamie Jo Sim 689-5799 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 460 Puente Dr 1-4pm $1,175,000 3bd/2ba Mark Schneidman 452-2428 Coldwell Banker 4638 Puente Plaza 2-4pm $1,100,000 4bd/2ba Marcella Simmons 680-9981 Village Properties 551 Apple Grove Lane 1-4pm $869,000 3bd/2ba Bob Ratliffe 448-6642 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1927 El Camino De La Luz 2-5pm $3,395,000 3bd/2ba Ken Switzer 680-4622 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2321 Edgewater Way 2-4pm $1,550,000 3bd/1.5ba Christopher W Hunt 453-3407 Village Properties 628 Juanita Place 1-4pm $1,079,000 3bd/2ba Renie Kelly 570-4965 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 919 Calle Cortita 1-4pm $915,000 4bd/3ba Kathy Strand Spieler 895-6326 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1412 Las Positas Place 1-4pm $897,000 3bd/2ba The Easter Team 570-0403 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 50 Barranca Avenue #7 1-3pm $865,000 3bd/2ba Reyne Stapelmann 705-4353 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2323 White Avenue 2-4pm $750,000 3bd/2ba Alexis Foth 448-6350 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2650 Holly Road 2-4pm $1,795,000 3bd/2.5ba Loyd Applegate 570-4935 Village Properties 2601 Montrose Place 12-2pm $1,325,000 3bd/3ba Tiffany Dore 689-1052 Sotheby’s International Realty 1850 East Las Tunas 3-6pm $3,195,000 3bd/3ba Tim Walsh 259-8808 Village Properties 10 Rincon Vista 1-4pm $1,895,000 4bd/3.5ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty 1213 Viscaino Road 1-4pm $1,870,000 3bd/2ba John Comin 689-3078 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1300 Las Alturas Road 2-4pm $1,795,000 4bd/2.5ba Pascale Bassan 689-5528 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 1808 Loma Street 2-4pm $1,775,000 5bd/4ba Kevin Schmidtchen 689-6877 Sotheby’s International Realty 1102 East Canon Perdido Street 2-4pm $1,495,000 3bd/2.5ba Phil Shirinian 637-8722 Sotheby’s International Realty 805 Via Granada 1-4pm $899,000 2bd/2.5ba Charley Pavlosky 310-857-8922 Village Properties 405 Canon Drive 2-4pm $2,195,000 5bd/4.5ba Marsha Kotlyar 698-7941 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 15 Francisco Drive 1-4pm $1,495,000 3bd/3ba Susan Jordano 680-9060 Village Properties 3945 Stacy Lane 1-4pm $1,299,000 4bd/2.5ba Jake Ralston 455-9600 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 3666 Eileen Way 1-4pm $1,050,000 3bd/2ba Joy Bean 895-1422 Sotheby’s International Realty 3888 Nathan Road By Appt. $915,000 3bd/2ba Reyne Stapelmann 705-4353 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 3639 San Pablo Lane 1-4pm $850,000 3bd/1ba Debbie Kort 368-4479 Coldwell Banker 3708 Greggory Way #2 1-4pm $729,000 3bd/3ba The Easter Team 570-0403 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2621 State Street #4 1-4pm $675,000 2bd/2ba Doug Van Pelt 637-3684 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2821 Miradero Drive #B 2-4pm $549,000 2bd/1.5ba Suzanne Lawson 886-9316 Sotheby’s International Realty 3663 San Remo Drive #5k 2-4pm $509,000 3bd/2ba Jim Alzina 455-1941 Sotheby’s International Realty

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ARTFUL ARCHITECTURE | WEB: 0113738 | $7,950,000 Suzanne Perkins 805.895.2138

OCEAN VIEW SPANISH-STYLE | WEB: 0113674 | $2,349,000 Dan Johnson 805.895.5150

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ELEGANT MEDITERRANIAN-STYLE | WEB: 0621571 | $2,100,000 Patty Murphy 805.680.8571

DOWNTOWN PENTHOUSE | WEB: 0592632 | $1,695,000 Nancy Hamilton 805.451.4442, Michael Calcagno 805.896.0876

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